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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 @@%;~:....
.:~;$%@@##            a similar plumage.            ##@@%$;~:.
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.....:~$@@ it likes  partial shade  and  very  damp @@$~:.....
.....:~;$@                  areas                   @$;~:.....
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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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