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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.          ¨.«\$@¶@##
#@$«¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨«$@#
##$$«««.¨¨                                          ¨¨.«««$$##
¶#$\«..¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨..«\$#¶
#$«««¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨«««$#
¶¶¶#@$\«.¨                                          ¨.«\$@#¶¶¶