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.#.#..#.##                (equisetum)               #.#.#.##.#
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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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.#.#..#.##         ..-:-.. in magic ..-:-..         #.#.#.##.#
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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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