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¨¨¨¨###¨¨#               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨#¨##¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨#
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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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