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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.               #####%;~:¨
¨:~;%§####                                          ####§%;~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:;%# 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 ¨:~;~:¨         ##§§;;~¨¨¨
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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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