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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.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:
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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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