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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.               §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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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