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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. ¨¨:*§*@@##
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##@@*§*:¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:*§*@
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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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