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@§§†~,¨¨¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨¨¨,~†§§@
§§†~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~†§§
§†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†§
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         ¨,~†~,¨ 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.            ¨,~†§§@###
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#@§§†~,¨¨¨ IT LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP ¨¨¨,~†§§@#
@§§†~,¨¨¨¨                  AREAS                   ¨¨¨¨,~†§§@
§§†~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~†§§
§†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†§
†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         ¨,~†~,¨ 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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