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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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