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,-«=**§@##                                          ##@§**=«-,
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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 ,-«=«-,         §****««-,,
,-«=**§@##                                          ##@§**=«-,
,-«=**§@@# 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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