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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. .....-==&@
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##@§&==-.. 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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