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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.               ¨~=/§%§###
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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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