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