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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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