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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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