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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;*
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AREAS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
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~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
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;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨~~;~~¨ 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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