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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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