¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§§§               (EQUISETUM)                §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨        ¨^«\«^¨ 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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