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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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