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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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