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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. §§¨§¨§¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ ¨§§§§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§§ 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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