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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 ¤¤**~~....
.~~;*&¤### ###¤&*;~~.
.~~;*&¤### ###¤&*;~~.
.~~;*&¤### ###¤&*;~~.
.~~;*&¤### .~~;~~. 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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