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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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..,==^£@@# 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 @@£^==,...
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.....,==^£      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       £^==,.....
......,==^          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         ^==,......
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