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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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,.»†$*#### THE PLANT  HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS ####*$†».,
,,,,,.†*## 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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,.»†$*#### IT LIKES  PARTIAL  SHADE AND  VERY  DAMP ####*$†».,
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,.»†$*#### SEPARATE  PLANES, A  FEW  CENTIMETERS IN ####*$†».,
,,.»»†**## HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN  GET  DIFFRACTED   IN ##**†»».,,
,.»†$*#### THESE,  HITTING   EACH  IN  TURN  IN   A ####*$†».,
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