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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.               :~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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