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¨¨¨^-\^%£¶ than  ferns,  which  are  in  turn  much ¶£%^\-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-\^%£¶# older than most trees.  it's light green #¶£%^\-^¨¨
¨^-\^%£¶## to  yellow  in  color  and  is  slightly ##¶£%^\-^¨
¨¨^-\^%£¶#               transparent.               #¶£%^\-^¨¨
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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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¨¨^-\^%£¶#         ¨^-\-^¨ in magic ¨^-\-^¨         #¶£%^\-^¨¨
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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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