§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
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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                  ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨         ¨--†--¨ 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.         ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨