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.........~ OK   A   FERN  IS  AN   OBVIOUS  FRACTAL ~.........
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..~†§§&@##                    #                     ##@&§§†~..
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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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......~†§§          .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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