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§§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§§¨¨§
§§§§§§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨                (EQUISETUM)               ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨        ¨~~^~~¨ 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                   §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§§§§§                                          §§¨¨§§§§§§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
§§§§§§§§§§         ¨~~^~~¨ 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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