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###@&^:~:, ,:~:~:, THE PLANT ,:~:~:, ,:~:^&@###
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##&&^~:,,, THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ,,,:~^&&##
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@@^^~,,,,, 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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###@&^:~:, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,:~:^&@###
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##@^~,,,,, EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ,,,,,~^@##
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