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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 $=*«......
.......«*= the height of  a  foxes tail, and shares =*«.......
........«*            a similar plumage.            *«........
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.......... it likes  partial  shade  and very  damp ..........
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.......«*=         ..«*«.. in magic ..«*«..         =*«.......
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.....«*=$¤ 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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