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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 ,,.=††§@@#
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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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