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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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##%~,,,,,, when  a colony numbers  high enough,  it ,,,,,,~%##
###££%/~,, slices  the  air  in  the   forest  into ,,~/%££###
##%/~,,,,, separate  planes, a few  centimeters  in ,,,,,~/%##
####£%/~,, height.   time  can  get  diffracted  in ,,~/%£####
#%~~,,,,,, these,   hitting  each  in  turn  in   a ,,,,,,~~%#
####£%/~,,      slightly different angle, and       ,,~/%£####
###££%/~,,         eventually spread thin.          ,,~/%££###
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