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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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. ¨§¨§§§§§¨§
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§§¨§§§§§§¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ AREAS ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
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§¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ ¨^«^«^¨ IN MAGIC ¨^«^«^¨ §§§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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§¨§¨§¨¨§§¨ 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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