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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                  #§=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«=§§§#@#                                          #@#§§§=«:¨
¨:«=§§§#@#                                          #@#§§§=«:¨
¨¨¨««««§§§                                          §§§««««¨¨¨
¨:«=§§§#@#         ¨:«=«:¨ 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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