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¨¨¨:~†§@§¶                                          ¶§@§†~:¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨:~†§@§                                          §@§†~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~†§@§¶                                          ¶§@§†~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~†§@§¶#                                          #¶§@§†~:¨¨