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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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