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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 #§¤^««¨¨¨¨
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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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