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#¨#¨#¨¨#¨#               (EQUISETUM)                ##¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨#¨¨#¨#                                          ##¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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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.               ##¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨##¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨¨#¨# 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                   ##¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨#¨¨#¨#                                          ##¨¨#¨#¨#¨
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#¨#¨#¨¨#¨#         ¨:~;~:¨ 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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