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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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