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¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§§§¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§§§§§¨               (equisetum)                §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§§§§§
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§
§§¨¨§§§¨¨§        ¨,«:«,¨ 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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