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,,,,~;†### ,:~;~:, THE PLANT ,:~;~:, ###†;~,,,,
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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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,:~;†§#### HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ####§†;~:,
,:~;†§#### THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ####§†;~:,
,:~;†##### SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND #####†;~:,
,:~;†§#### EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ####§†;~:,
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