¨§§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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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                  ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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