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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 ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,,                  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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