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¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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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                  §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨         ¨--\--¨ IN MAGIC ¨--\--¨         ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
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§§§§§¨¨§§¨ 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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