§§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          §§§§§¨§¨¨§
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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.            §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§§ 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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