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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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¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
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¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¨:-\-:¨ IN MAGIC ¨:-\-:¨ ¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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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