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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 ¨-=;*&&¶##
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#@¶&&*;=-¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨-=;*&&¶@#
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@&*=¨¨¨¨¨¨ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ¨¨¨¨¨¨=*&@
#@¶&&*;=-¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨-=;*&&¶@#
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