§%=:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=%§
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§*=-:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:-=*§
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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.         ¨:-=%*§@@#
#@@§*%=-:¨                                          ¨:-=%*§@@#
§§%=-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-=%§§
§*%-¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%*§
§%==---¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨---==%§
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