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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 ##,,,,,,##
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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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