§*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*§
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#@$§*~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~*§$@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*§
$§*~.¨¨¨¨¨ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO,  IT'S ¨¨¨¨¨.~*§$
@$§*~.¨¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW.  IT'S ROUGHLY ¨¨¨¨.~*§$@
#@$§*~.¨¨¨ THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES  TAIL, AND SHARES ¨¨¨.~*§$@#
##@$§*~.¨¨            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ¨¨.~*§$@##
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##@$§*~.¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP ¨¨.~*§$@##
#@$§*~.¨¨¨                  AREAS                   ¨¨¨.~*§$@#
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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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