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¨¨,=†$$&##                (EQUISETUM)               ##&$$†=,¨¨
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¨¨,=†$$&##        ¨,=†=,¨ THE PLANT ¨,=†=,¨         ##&$$†=,¨¨
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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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