§§§¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§§§¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨¨               (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 ¨,-/-,¨         §¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§¨§§
§§§¨¨¨§§§¨ 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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§§§¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨
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