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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.            ..=*=@#@##
@@==*=....                                          ....=*==@@
#==....... it  likes  partial shade and  very  damp .......==#
#@**......                   areas                  ......**@#
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####@=*=..                                          ..=*=@####
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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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@#@**=....                                          ....=**@#@
@#@==.....                                          .....==@#@
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