¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=^                                          ^=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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