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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. @%%**:«...
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.-«:*%@@@# it likes partial shade and very damp #@@@%*:«-.
-«:*%@@@## areas ##@@@%*:«-
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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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