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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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