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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.               ¨##¨¨¨¨##¨
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¨#¨###¨¨#¨ 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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#¨#¨#¨###¨         ¨~===~¨ 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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