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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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