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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                   ###==,,,,,
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,~=*=@#¶¶¶         ,~=*=~, in magic ,~=*=~,         ¶¶¶#@=*=~,
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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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