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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.               ¨¨-^%&#¶##
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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.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-^%
&%^-¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨-^%&
#&%^-¨¨¨¨¨ 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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