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##@#&†:~:, (equisetum) ,:~:†&#@##
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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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#††::,,,,, 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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