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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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