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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 ¨:~^~:¨         ¨¨:~^*%¤@#
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#@¤%*^~:¨¨ 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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