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.&.&&&&.&& OK A FERN IS AN OBVIOUS FRACTAL ....&..&.&
&&&...&&.. #### ...&&.&&&&
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.......&.& FERNS ARE THE RESTS OF AN ANCIENT PLANT .&&.&&&&&&
......&&&. EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING &.&&.....&
.....&..&. ON THE ROLES NOW GIVEN TO GRASS, &&.&....&&
....&&.&&& BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS. .&&&...&.&
...&.&&..& &..&..&&&&
..&&&.&.&. TWELVE THOUSAND SPEICES ARE LEFT AND &.&&.&...&
.&..&&&&&& THEY LIVE IN TROPICAL MOUNTAINS HIGH &&.&&&..&&
&&.&...... ABOVE THE REST OF THE WORLD. SOME FLOAT .&&..&.&.&
.&&&.....& ON WATER. &.&.&&&&&.
&..&....&& &&&&....&.
&.&&...&.& THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FERN AND A MOSS ...&...&&&
&&.&..&&&& IS THAT THE FERN CAN TRANSFER WATER ..&&..&...
.&&&.&...& WITHIN ITSELF. THE MOSS HAS TO USE .&.&.&&..&
&..&&&..&& EXTERNAL WATER TRANSFER &&&&&.&.&&
&.&..&.&.. ....&&&&..
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..&&...&.. .PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM. ..&&..&&&.
.&.&..&&.. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .&.&.&..&.
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...&&&&&.. CALLED EAGLE FERN OR BRACKEN OR EAGLE .....&&.&&
..&....&.& BRACKEN. IT LIVES IN COLONIES WHERE ....&.&&.&
.&&...&&&. EVERY INDIVIDUAL MIGHT LOOK VERY MUCH ...&&&.&&&
&.&..&..&. ALIKE, BUT THEY EACH HAVE UNIQUE ..&..&&..&
&&&.&&.&&. PROPORTIONS (WHICH CAN BE HARD TO .&&.&.&.&.
..&&.&&.&& SPOT). THIS MAKES THEM PERFECT ANTENNAE &.&&&&&&&&
.&.&&.&&.. &&.......&
&&&.&&.&.. A BIT SCARY, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU'VE .&......&&
..&&.&&&.& HAD A FEW DRINKS. &&.....&..
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&&&.&.&... IF YOU EAT THEM YOU GET SICK. IN FACT, &&...&.&..
..&&&&&..& OTHER PLANTS IN THE VICINITY GET SICK .&..&&&&.&
.&....&.&. AS WELL. SO THERE IS ALWAYS RECEPTION &&.&...&&&
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&&.&&..&.. .BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS. &.&&&.&&&.
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&&...&&&.& SMALL, NO HIGHER THEN THIRD A METER. &&&&&&&&&.
.&..&..&&& CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS ........&&
&&.&&.&..& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT .......&.&
.&&.&&&.&. IT COULD BE. ......&&&.
&.&&..&&&. .....&..&.
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.&&&&&.&.. .THAT OTHER NICE ONE. ...&.&&...
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&..&&.&.&& HOLD ON I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NAME &&.&..&.&.
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.&.&&&&.&& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ....&..&.&
&&&...&&.. IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED ...&&.&&&&
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