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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 §¤¤†:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«†$¤§@## STACKED UPON  THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ##@§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§@## RIBS  RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO, IT'S ##@§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§### VERY  LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ###§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§#@# THE  HEIGHT OF A FOXES  TAIL, AND SHARES #@#§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§#@#            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            #@#§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤#@##                                          ##@#¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§#@# IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY DAMP #@#§¤$†«:¨
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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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¨:«†$¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤$†«:¨
¨:«†$$$§§§                                          §§§$$$†«:¨
¨:«†$¤§#@#                                          #@#§¤$†«:¨