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