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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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