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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 ###¤¤*:~~.
.~~:*¤#### 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 ##¤*:~~~..
.~~:*¤#### ####¤*:~~.
.~~:*¤#### ####¤*:~~.
.~~:*¤¤### ###¤¤*:~~.
.~~*¤##### .~~:~~. 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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