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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 ¨,-*-,¨ ¤¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤
¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤ 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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