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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                  §¨§§¨¨§¨§§
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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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