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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 #§§§*--,,,
,,-*$§#### older than  most trees. it's light green ####§$*-,,
,,,,,,*$§# to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly #§$*,,,,,,
,,-*$#####               transparent.               #####$*-,,
,,,,,*§§§#                                          #§§§*,,,,,
,,,,,,-$§# the  plant has a spine. each vertebra is #§$-,,,,,,
,,-*$§#### stacked  upon the  next, with  spokelike ####§$*-,,
,,,,,,-*$# ribs  radiating outward.  even so,  it's #$*-,,,,,,
,,-*$§#### very  light,  being hollow. it's roughly ####§$*-,,
,,-*$§#### the  height of a foxes tail,  and shares ####§$*-,,
,,-*$§####            a similar plumage.            ####§$*-,,
,,-***§§§#                                          #§§§***-,,
,,,,,,,-$# it  likes partial  shade  and very  damp #$-,,,,,,,
,,-*$§####                  areas                   ####§$*-,,
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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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