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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.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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