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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.               &†«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ###&¤†;«~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;;¤#                  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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