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###¤*==~,¨ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ¨,~==*¤###
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###¤*==~,¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨,~==*¤###
#¤*=~,¨¨¨¨ TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ¨¨¨¨,~=*¤#
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####¤*==,¨ STACKED UPON THE NEXT, WITH SPOKELIKE ¨,==*¤####
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####¤*==,¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨,==*¤####
###¤*==~,¨ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¨,~==*¤###
####¤*=~,¨ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ¨,~=*¤####
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#¤=~~¨¨¨¨¨ SLICES THE AIR IN THE FOREST INTO ¨¨¨¨¨~~=¤#
####¤*=~,¨ SEPARATE PLANES, A FEW CENTIMETERS IN ¨,~=*¤####
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###¤*==~,¨ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ¨,~==*¤###
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##¤*=~,¨¨¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨¨¨,~=*¤##
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