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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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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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