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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 @§@^†~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~†^@§                  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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¨¨~~†^@§@#                                          #@§@^†~~¨¨
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