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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. ¨¨~~*=¤&##
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##&¤=*~~¨¨ 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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