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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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