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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 ¨¨&&¨&&&&¨
¨&&¨¨&&¨¨¨ &¨&¨&&¨¨¨&
&&¨&¨&¨&¨¨ &&&&&¨&¨¨&
¨¨&&&&&&&¨ &¨¨¨¨&&&¨&
&¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨-=;=-¨ 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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