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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                   ¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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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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