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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                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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