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