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#§:~:¨¨¨¨¨               (equisetum)                ¨¨¨¨¨:~:§#
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###£#§:~:¨        ¨:~:~:¨ the plant ¨:~:~:¨         ¨:~:§#£###
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#£#§:~:¨¨¨ the  equisetum  is  a  plant much  older ¨¨¨:~:§#£#
£#§:~:¨¨¨¨ than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ¨¨¨¨:~:§#£
#§:~:¨¨¨¨¨ older than most trees. it's  light green ¨¨¨¨¨:~:§#
§:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:§
:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               transparent.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the plant has a spine.  each vertebra is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ stacked  upon  the next,  with spokelike ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ribs  radiating  outward. even  so, it's ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ very light,  being  hollow. it's roughly ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the height of a  foxes tail, and  shares ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            a similar plumage.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ it  likes  partial  shade and very  damp ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                   areas                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:
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#£#§:~:¨¨¨         ¨:~:~:¨ in magic ¨:~:~:¨         ¨¨¨:~:§#£#
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###£#§:~:¨ when a  colony  numbers high  enough, it ¨:~:§#£###
##£#§:~:¨¨ slices  the  air   in  the  forest  into ¨¨:~:§#£##
#£#§:~:¨¨¨ separate planes,  a few  centimeters  in ¨¨¨:~:§#£#
£#§:~:¨¨¨¨ height.   time  can  get  diffracted  in ¨¨¨¨:~:§#£
#§:~:¨¨¨¨¨ these,  hitting   each  in   turn  in  a ¨¨¨¨¨:~:§#
§:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨       slightly different angle, and      ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:§
:~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         eventually spread thin.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~:
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