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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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##@@$*/«^, it  likes  partial  shade  and very damp ,^«/*$@@##
@@@$*««^,,                   areas                  ,,^««*$@@@
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##@@$*/«^,         ,^«/«^, in magic ,^«/«^,         ,^«/*$@@##
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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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