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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 #%/~^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ 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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