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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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§¨§¨§§¨§¨§                                          §¨§§¨§¨§¨¨
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