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¨¨¨¨,~^%$#                                          #$%^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$                                          $%^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^%$#               (equisetum)                #$%^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^%$##                                          ##$%^~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~^%$##@                                          @##$%^~,¨¨
¨,~^%$##@#                                          #@##$%^~,¨
¨¨,~^%$##@        ¨,~^~,¨ the plant ¨,~^~,¨         @##$%^~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~^%$##                                          ##$%^~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^%$# 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.            ##$%^~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~^%$##@                                          @##$%^~,¨¨
¨,~^%$##@# it likes partial  shade  and  very  damp #@##$%^~,¨
¨¨,~^%$##@                   areas                  @##$%^~,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~^%$#                                          #$%^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$                                          $%^~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~^%$#         ¨,~^~,¨ in magic ¨,~^~,¨         #$%^~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~^%$##                                          ##$%^~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~^%$##@ 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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