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&&&&,,&&&&                                          ,&,,&&&,,&
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,&,,&&,,&&                                          &&&&,,,&&,
,,,,,,,,,&                (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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