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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.            £§$††~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~††$§£#                                          #£§$††~.¨¨
¨.~††$§£## it  likes  partial shade  and  very damp ##£§$††~.¨
¨¨.~††$§£#                   areas                  #£§$††~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~††$§£                                          £§$††~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~††$§                                          §$††~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~††$                                          $††~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~††         ¨.~†~.¨ in magic ¨.~†~.¨         ††~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†                                          †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~ when a  colony  numbers  high enough, it ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~† slices  the  air  in  the   forest  into †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†† separate planes,  a  few centimeters  in ††~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~††$ height.  time   can  get  diffracted  in $††~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~††$§ these,  hitting  each   in  turn   in  a §$††~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~††$§£       slightly different angle, and      £§$††~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~††$§£#          eventually spread thin.         #£§$††~.¨¨
¨.~††$§£##                                          ##£§$††~.¨
¨¨.~††$§£#                                          #£§$††~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~††$§£                                          £§$††~.¨¨¨
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