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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 &¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨
&&¨&&&¨&&¨ &¨&¨&¨&&¨&
¨&&¨¨&&¨&¨ &&&&&&¨&&¨
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&&&&&&¨¨¨¨ ¨,-=-,¨ 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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