¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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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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