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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.               §%^::,,,,,
,,,,,,:=%§                                          §%=:,,,,,,
,,,===^%%# 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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