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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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