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¨¨¨¨,«;%$¤                (EQUISETUM)               ¤$%;«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,«;%$¤@#        ¨,«;«,¨ THE PLANT ¨,«;«,¨         #@¤$%;«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«;%$¤@                                          @¤$%;«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«;%$¤ THE  EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT MUCH  OLDER ¤$%;«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,«;%$¤@ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH @¤$%;«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«;%$¤@# OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT  GREEN #@¤$%;«,¨¨
¨,«;%$¤@## TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ##@¤$%;«,¨
¨¨,«;%$¤@#               TRANSPARENT.               #@¤$%;«,¨¨
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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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¨¨¨,«;%$¤@ IT  LIKES  PARTIAL SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP @¤$%;«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«;%$¤@#                   AREAS                  #@¤$%;«,¨¨
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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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