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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.               ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.            †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^~†%& 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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