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.....~-*%% THAN FERNS, WHICH ARE IN TURN MUCH %%*-~.....
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.....~-*%% 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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.....~-*%% 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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