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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.            ...~=\=@¤¶
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@=\=~..... 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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