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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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