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........,~                (equisetum)               ~,........
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......,~:$         .,~:~,. the plant .,~:~,.        $:~,......
.....,~:$%                                          %$:~,.....
....,~:$%¤ 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 $:~,......
.......,~: very  light, being  hollow. it's roughly :~,.......
........,~ the  height of a foxes tail, and  shares ~,........
.........,            a similar plumage.            ,.........
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.......,~: it likes  partial shade  and  very  damp :~,.......
......,~:$                   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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