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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. §\~,......
.....,~\§@ @§\~,.....
....,~\§@# 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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