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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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##¤**;-^¨¨ 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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