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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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¨&¨&¨&&¨¨& ¨¨&&¨&¨&&¨