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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                (EQUISETUM)               ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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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.               ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ 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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