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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.               #@¤†;~^¨¨¨
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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.            †;~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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