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#&$=*~~... FERNS ARE THE RESTS OF AN ANCIENT PLANT ...~~*=$&#
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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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##&$=*~~.. AS WELL. SO THERE IS ALWAYS RECEPTION ..~~*=$&##
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$=*~~..... .BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS. .....~~*=$
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*~~....... CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS .......~~*
=*~~...... MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT ......~~*=
$=*~~..... IT COULD BE. .....~~*=$
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~~........ "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ........~~
*~~....... IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED .......~~*
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