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¨&¨&&¨&¨¨& (EQUISETUM) &¨&¨¨¨&&¨&
&&&&¨&&&¨& ¨&&&¨¨&¨&&
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&¨¨¨&&&&&& ¨.=^=.¨ THE PLANT ¨.=^=.¨ &¨&&&¨¨&¨&
¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨&&¨¨&¨&&&
&&&¨&&¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨&¨&¨&¨¨¨¨
&&¨&&¨¨&&¨ &&&&&&&¨¨¨
&¨&&¨&¨&¨& &¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨
&&&¨&&&&&& &&¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨.=^=.¨ 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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