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,,,,,,,,=:                                          :=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=:=                                          =:=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=:=@                (equisetum)               @=:=,,,,,,
,,,,,=:=@@                                          @@=:=,,,,,
,,,,=:=@@#                                          #@@=:=,,,,
,,,=:=@@##                                          ##@@=:=,,,
,,=:=@@###        ,,=:=,, 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.            ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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