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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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&§=~^.....                                          .....^~=§&
§=~^......         .^~;~^. 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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