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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                   AREAS                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
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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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