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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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,,,,,,,,,, THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ,,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ,,,,,,,,,-
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