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######¨#¨¨         ¨,-†-,¨ THE PLANT ¨,-†-,¨        #¨##¨¨¨#¨#
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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 ###¨#¨###¨
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##¨¨####¨# THE PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH  VERTEBRA IS ##¨¨###¨¨¨
¨#¨#¨¨¨##¨ STACKED  UPON THE  NEXT, WITH  SPOKELIKE ¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨#
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¨¨¨#¨###¨¨ VERY LIGHT,  BEING HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY ¨¨¨##¨##¨¨
¨¨###¨¨#¨# THE HEIGHT OF A  FOXES TAIL,  AND SHARES ¨¨#¨##¨#¨¨
¨#¨¨#¨###¨            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            ¨###¨###¨¨
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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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