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&¨¨¨&¨¨¨&¨ (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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