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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (equisetum) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 $*;=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=;* very light, being hollow. it's roughly *;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=; the height of a foxes tail, and shares ;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= a similar plumage. =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ it likes partial shade and very damp ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=; when a colony numbers high enough, it ;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=;* slices the air in the forest into *;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=;*$ 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. ####$*;=~¨
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¨¨¨~=;*$## ##$*;=~¨¨¨
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