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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.            #§§&:..¨¨¨
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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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