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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. &&&¨¨&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& &&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨
&&&&&&&&¨¨ &¨¨&&&&¨¨¨
¨&&&&&&¨¨& ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&¨
¨¨&&&&¨¨¨¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&¨¨&&¨¨&&& &&¨¨&&&&&&