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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                   ¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§§¨§§¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§§¨§§
§§¨§§¨§§¨§                                          §§§§¨¨¨§§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§§         ¨.»/».¨ 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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