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,,,,,,,:=^               (equisetum)                ^=:,,,,,,,
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,,:=^§£@@# 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 #@@£§^=:,,
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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 §^=:,,,,,,
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,,,:=^§£@@          eventually spread thin.         @@£§^=:,,,
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