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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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##@@§=;«~¨ 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 ¨~«;====§@
##@@§=;«~¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨~«;=§@@##
@=====;«~¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨~«;=====@
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