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##@§*§^=,,                                          ,,=^§*§@##
§*^^=,,,,,               (equisetum)                ,,,,,=^^*§
#@@§*§^=,,                                          ,,=^§*§@@#
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@§§^=,,,,,                                          ,,,,,=^§§@
@§§§§§^=,,         ,,=^=,, 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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