..^~*=@§@#                                          #@§@=*~^..
.^~*=@§@##                                          ##@§@=*~^.
..^~*=@§@#                                          #@§@=*~^..
...^~*=@§@                                          @§@=*~^...
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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.               @§@=*~^...
..^~*=@§@#                                          #@§@=*~^..
.^~*=@§@## 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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