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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 ##@£§§\~,.
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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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......~§£@ 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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