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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.               ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†%
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#$%†~,¨¨¨¨ THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA  IS ¨¨¨¨,~†%$#
@#$%†~,¨¨¨ STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH SPOKELIKE ¨¨¨,~†%$#@
#@#$%†~,¨¨ RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD. EVEN  SO,  IT'S ¨¨,~†%$#@#
##@#$%†~,¨ VERY  LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨,~†%$#@##
#@#$%†~,¨¨ THE HEIGHT OF  A FOXES TAIL, AND  SHARES ¨¨,~†%$#@#
@#$%†~,¨¨¨            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ¨¨¨,~†%$#@
#$%†~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~†%$#
$%†~,¨¨¨¨¨ IT LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE  AND VERY  DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨,~†%$
%†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨                   AREAS                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†%
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         ¨,~†~,¨ 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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