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#@**†~,... (EQUISETUM) ...,~†**@#
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#@**†~,... OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ...,~†**@#
@**†~,.... TO YELLOW IN COLOR AND IS SLIGHTLY ....,~†**@
**†~,..... TRANSPARENT. .....,~†**
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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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@**†~,.... IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ....,~†**@
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##@**†~,.. HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ..,~†**@##
###@**†~,. THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A .,~†**@###
##@**†~,.. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ..,~†**@##
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