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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 &&&&¨¨¨&¨¨
&¨¨&&&&&&& ¨¨¨&¨¨&&¨&
&¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&¨&¨&&¨
&&&¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨&¨&&&&¨&&
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨,~;~,¨ 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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&¨¨¨&¨&¨¨& &&&¨&¨&&&¨