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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.            ###§*%\»,,
,,,»\%*§##                                          ##§*%\»,,,
,,»\%*§### 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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