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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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