,,,.«/†%&#                                          #&%†/«.,,,
,,.«/†%&#@                                          @#&%†/«.,,
,.«/†%&#@#                                          #@#&%†/«.,
,,.«/†%&#@                                          @#&%†/«.,,
,,,.«/†%&#                                          #&%†/«.,,,
,,,,.«/†%&               (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.            %†/«.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.«/ 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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