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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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