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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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¨¨¨,-^*§¤¶                                          ¶¤§*^-,¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^*                                          *^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨