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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 ,,,,~/§§@@
@=~~:,,,,, areas ,,,,,:~~=@
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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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