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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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