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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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&&^»,,,,,, 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 ,,»/^@&@##
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@@@^//»»,, HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ,,»»//^@@@
##@&@^/»,, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,,»/^@&@##
##@&@^/»,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,»/^@&@##
##@&@^/»,, EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ,,»/^@&@##
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