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#@%%%^†»~¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨~»†^%%%@#
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#@@^†»¨¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨¨¨¨»†^@@#
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