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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. ¨¨&&¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨¨¨&&&&¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨
&&&¨¨&&¨¨¨ 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. &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&&&&¨¨ &&¨¨&&&&¨¨
&&&¨¨&&¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&
&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&& ¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨&&&&¨
&&¨¨&&¨¨&& ¨¨&&¨¨&&¨¨