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¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨§
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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 ¨~«\«~¨         ¨§¨¨§§§§¨§
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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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