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#@@*$==,,,                                          ,,,==$*@@#
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#@@*$==,,,                (equisetum)               ,,,==$*@@#
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$==,,,,,,,         ,,===,, the plant ,,===,,        ,,,,,,,==$
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@*$==,,,,, the  equisetum  is a  plant  much  older ,,,,,==$*@
@@*$==,,,, than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ,,,,==$*@@
#@@*$==,,, older than most trees. it's light  green ,,,==$*@@#
##@@*$==,, to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly ,,==$*@@##
#@@*$==,,,               transparent.               ,,,==$*@@#
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@*$==,,,,, the plant has a spine. each vertebra  is ,,,,,==$*@
*$==,,,,,, stacked  upon the  next, with  spokelike ,,,,,,==$*
$==,,,,,,, ribs  radiating outward.  even  so, it's ,,,,,,,==$
*$==,,,,,, very light,  being hollow. it's  roughly ,,,,,,==$*
@*$==,,,,, the height of  a foxes tail, and  shares ,,,,,==$*@
@@*$==,,,,            a similar plumage.            ,,,,==$*@@
#@@*$==,,,                                          ,,,==$*@@#
##@@*$==,, it likes partial  shade  and  very  damp ,,==$*@@##
#@@*$==,,,                   areas                  ,,,==$*@@#
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@*$==,,,,, when a  colony  numbers high enough,  it ,,,,,==$*@
@@*$==,,,, slices   the  air  in  the  forest  into ,,,,==$*@@
#@@*$==,,, separate  planes, a  few  centimeters in ,,,==$*@@#
##@@*$==,, height.  time  can   get  diffracted  in ,,==$*@@##
#@@*$==,,, these,  hitting   each  in  turn   in  a ,,,==$*@@#
@@*$==,,,,       slightly different angle, and      ,,,,==$*@@
@*$==,,,,,          eventually spread thin.         ,,,,,==$*@
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