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@&$:-~¨¨¨¨ (EQUISETUM) ¨¨¨¨~-:$&@
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@&$:-~¨¨¨¨ THE EQUISETUM IS A PLANT MUCH OLDER ¨¨¨¨~-:$&@
&$:-~¨¨¨¨¨ THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH ¨¨¨¨¨~-:$&
@&$:-~¨¨¨¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨¨¨¨~-:$&@
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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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#@@@&$:-~¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL SHADE AND VERY DAMP ¨~-:$&@@@#
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@&$:-~¨¨¨¨ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ¨¨¨¨~-:$&@
&$:-~¨¨¨¨¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨¨¨¨¨~-:$&
@&$:-~¨¨¨¨ EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN. ¨¨¨¨~-:$&@
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