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#@@§§\=^,,               (equisetum)                ,,^=\§§@@#
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#@@§§\=^,,                                          ,,^=\§§@@#
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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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#@@§§\=^,,                                          ,,^=\§§@@#
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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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