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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 ¨&¨¨¨&&¨&&
¨&&¨&&&&¨& &&¨¨&¨&&¨&
&¨&&¨¨¨&&¨ ¨&¨&&&¨&&&
&&¨&¨¨&¨&& &&&¨¨&&¨¨¨
¨&&&¨&&&¨& ¨-=^=-¨ 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. ¨&&&¨&&&&¨
¨¨&¨&&&&¨¨ &¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨
¨&&&¨¨¨&¨& &¨&¨&¨¨&&¨
&¨¨&¨¨&&&& &&&&&¨&¨&¨
&¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&&&&&&
&&¨&&&¨¨¨& ¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨