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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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