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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.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§§¨¨§§§§¨                                          §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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 ¨.-^-.¨         §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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