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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.               ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@                                          ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ 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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