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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.            ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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