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§¨§§§§¨¨¨¨                (Equisetum)               §§§¨¨§§¨¨§
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§§¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§¨§§§§§§§
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¨¨§¨¨§§§§§         ¨,«:«,¨ The Plant ¨,«:«,¨        ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§¨§§§¨¨¨ 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.               ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨§§§§§ 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 ¨,«:«,¨         §¨¨§§§¨§¨§
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¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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