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,,,&&,&,&&                                          ,&,,,,,,&&
&,,&,&&&&,                                          ,&&,,,,,&,
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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                   ,&&,&&&&,,
&,&&,,&,,&                                          ,&,&&,,,&,
&&&,&,&&,&                                          &&&&,&,,&&
,,,&&&&,&&                                          ,,,,&&&,&,
,,,&,,,&&,         ,,-/-,, 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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