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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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