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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.               ###@**~.,,
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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.            ####@**~.,
,,.~**@###                                          ###@**~.,,
,.~**@#### 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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