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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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@@#¤@*^~:¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨:~^*@¤#@@
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#@#¤@*^~:¨ A SIMILAR PLUMAGE. ¨:~^*@¤#@#
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#@#¤@*^~:¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨:~^*@¤#@#
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