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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.        ..§§.§...§
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.§§..§§..§ TWELVE THOUSAND  SPEICES  ARE  LEFT  AND §§§..§.§.§
§.§.§.§.§. THEY  LIVE  IN  TROPICAL  MOUNTAINS HIGH ..§.§§§§§§
§§§§§§§§§§ ABOVE THE REST OF THE WORLD.  SOME FLOAT .§§§......
..........                ON WATER.                 §..§.....§
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.......... 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 §..§..§§§.
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§§§§.§.... 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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§...§.§.§§ 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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§§...§..§. HOLD  ON  I'M TRYING  TO  FIND THE  NAME §....§..§.
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§..§..§.§§ "FERNS   ARE  NOT  OF   MAJOR   ECONOMIC .§.§....§§
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