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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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