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#@#¤$*;-,¨ (equisetum) ¨,-;*$¤#@#
@#¤**;,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,;**¤#@
#¤$*;-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-;*$¤#
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@¤*;,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,;*¤@
#@#¤$*;-,¨ the equisetum is a plant much older ¨,-;*$¤#@#
#@#¤$*;-,¨ than ferns, which are in turn much ¨,-;*$¤#@#
##@#$*;-,¨ older than most trees. it's light green ¨,-;*$#@##
#¤$**;-¨¨¨ to yellow in color and is slightly ¨¨¨-;**$¤#
#@#¤$*;-,¨ transparent. ¨,-;*$¤#@#
@#$$;,,,¨¨ ¨¨,,,;$$#@
#$**-¨¨¨¨¨ the plant has a spine. each vertebra is ¨¨¨¨¨-**$#
##@#$*;-,¨ stacked upon the next, with spokelike ¨,-;*$#@##
@@#¤$*;-,¨ ribs radiating outward. even so, it's ¨,-;*$¤#@@
¤¤$;-,¨¨¨¨ very light, being hollow. it's roughly ¨¨¨¨,-;$¤¤
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#$;-,¨¨¨¨¨ a similar plumage. ¨¨¨¨¨,-;$#
¤*-,,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,,-*¤
##$;;,,,¨¨ it likes partial shade and very damp ¨¨,,,;;$##
¤*;,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#¤*---¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨---*¤#
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