¨,=:=*¤#@# #@#¤*=:=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:=¤¤ ¤¤=:,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,:=***# #***=:,¨¨¨
¨,=:=*¤#@# #@#¤*=:=,¨
¨,=:=*¤#@# #@#¤*=:=,¨
¨,=:=*¤### (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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