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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.            @@*^=.....
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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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