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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 .:=^=:.         @#§@=^=:..
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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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