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,,,,,,,:-/ /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/^ ^/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/^% (equisetum) %^/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/^%@ @%^/-:,,,,
,,,:-/^%@# #@%^/-:,,,
,,:-/^%@#@ @#@%^/-:,,
,:-/^%@#@# ,:-/-:, 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 /-:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:-/^ ^/-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-/^% %^/-:,,,,,
,,,,:-/^%@ @%^/-:,,,,
,,,:-/^%@# ,:-/-:, 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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