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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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