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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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