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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.               ,^~*%@§@@#
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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.            ,^~*%@§@@@
##@§@%*~^,                                          ,^~*%@§@##
##@@@%*~^, 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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