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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                  ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§§§§¨
§§§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨         ¨:~^~:¨ 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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