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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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