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£#*%;-:¨¨¨               (equisetum)                ¨¨¨:-;%*#£
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£#*%;-:¨¨¨         ¨:-;-:¨ the plant ¨:-;-:¨        ¨¨¨:-;%*#£
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#*%;-:¨¨¨¨ than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ¨¨¨¨:-;%*#
£#*%;-:¨¨¨ older than most  trees. it's light green ¨¨¨:-;%*#£
#£#*%;-:¨¨ to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly ¨¨:-;%*#£#
##£#*%;-:¨               transparent.               ¨:-;%*#£##
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£#*%;-:¨¨¨ 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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