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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨               (EQUISETUM)                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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##£§$*:=,¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT  GREEN ¨,=:*$§£##
#£§$*:=,¨¨ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ¨¨,=:*$§£#
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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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=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT  LIKES PARTIAL SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
:=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  AREAS                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=:
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$*:=,¨¨¨¨¨ THESE,  HITTING  EACH  IN  TURN   IN   A ¨¨¨¨¨,=:*$
*:=,¨¨¨¨¨¨      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=:*
:=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=:
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