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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.          ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨