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##¶§&*^~^¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨^~^*&§¶##
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##¶§&*^~^¨        ¨^~^~^¨ THE PLANT ¨^~^~^¨         ¨^~^*&§¶##
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§§§§&*^~^¨ 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.               ¨¨¨^~~***§
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##¶§&*^~^¨ 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.            ¨^~^*&&&§¶
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#¶§§&*^~^¨ IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE AND  VERY  DAMP ¨^~^*&§§¶#
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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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