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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.               ¨#¨#¨¨¨###
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####¨¨#¨## 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.            #¨¨####¨¨¨
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######¨¨## 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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