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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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