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¨¨.»\^@§##               (EQUISETUM)                ##§@^\».¨¨
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¨¨.»\^@§##        ¨.»\».¨ THE PLANT ¨.»\».¨         ##§@^\».¨¨
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¨¨.»\^@§## 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.               ##§@^\».¨¨
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¨¨.»\^@§## 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 ¨.»\».¨         ##§@^\».¨¨
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¨¨.»\^@§## 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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