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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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&,,&,&&,,, HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ,,&,,,,,,,
,&,,,&&&,, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,,,&,,,,,,
,,&,,&,&&, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,,,&,,,,,
,,,&,,,&&& EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ,,,,,&,,,,
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