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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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