,,:~††$##@                                          @##$††~:,,
,:~††$##@#                                          #@##$††~:,
,,:~††$##@                                          @##$††~:,,
,,,:~††$##                                          ##$††~:,,,
,,,,:~††$#                                          #$††~:,,,,
,,,,,:~††$               (equisetum)                $††~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~††                                          ††~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~†                                          †~:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,:        ,:~†~:, the plant ,:~†~:,         :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~† the  equisetum is  a  plant  much  older †~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~†† than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ††~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~††$ 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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