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¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨
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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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