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##§¤**».¨¨                (EQUISETUM)               ¨¨.»**¤§##
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§¤**».¨¨¨¨         ¨.»*».¨ THE PLANT ¨.»*».¨        ¨¨¨¨.»**¤§
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**».¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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