&&&§/,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,/§&&&
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##¶&%§/~,¨                (EQUISETUM)               ¨,~/§%&¶##
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##¶&%§/~,¨                                          ¨,~/§%&¶##
##¶&%§/~,¨         ¨,~/~,¨ THE PLANT ¨,~/~,¨        ¨,~/§%&¶##
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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.               ¨,~/§%&¶##
##¶&%§/~,¨                                          ¨,~/§%&¶##
#¶¶&%§/~,¨ 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.            ¨¨¨¨~/§&&#
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&&%§/~~¨¨¨ 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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