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§§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
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¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§                (EQUISETUM)               ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
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§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§§§
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨         ¨:~\~:¨ THE PLANT ¨:~\~:¨        §¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§ 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                   §¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨         ¨:~\~:¨ 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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