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¨¨,«;%@&¶#                                          #¶&@%;«,¨¨
¨,«;%@&¶##                                          ##¶&@%;«,¨
¨¨,«;%@&¶#                (EQUISETUM)               #¶&@%;«,¨¨
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¨¨,«;%@&¶#                                          #¶&@%;«,¨¨
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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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