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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.        ,,~/$%@#@@
##@#@$/~,,                                          ,,~/$@#@##
##@#@%/~,, 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         ,,~/$%@#@#
##@#%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%#@##
#@#@%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%@#@#
#@@@%$/~,,          ,pteridium aquilinum,           ,,~/$%@@@#
@@$/,,,,,,           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@          ,,,,,,/$@@
#@@%%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%%@@#
#@#@%$/~,, 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 ,,~/$%@###
#%$$$/~,,,                                          ,,,~/$$$%#
#@#@%$/~,, a  bit scary,  especially  after  you've ,,~/$%@#@#
@@#@%$/~,,            had a few drinks.             ,,~/$%@#@@
@%$$$$/~,,                                          ,,~/$$$$%@
#@%%%$/~,, if you eat them you  get sick.  in fact, ,,~/$%%%@#
@#@$/~~~,, other  plants  in the vicinity get  sick ,,~~~/$@#@
#@$~,,,,,, as  well. so  there is  always reception ,,,,,,~$@#
#@#@%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%@#@#
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#%/~,,,,,,          ,botrypus virginianus,          ,,,,,,~/%#
@@#@%$/~,,          @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@          ,,~/$%@#@@
#@#@%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%@#@#
#@#@%$/~,, small,  no  higher then  third a  meter. ,,~/$%@#@#
##@@%$/~,,       contains mistletoe dna in its      ,,~/$%@@##
@%$~~,,,,,  mitrochondria. it's not moonwort. but   ,,,,,~~$%@
###@%$/~,,               it could be.               ,,~/$%@###
##%%$$/~,,                                          ,,~/$$%%##
#@@@%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%@@@#
#%$~,,,,,,           ,that other nice one,          ,,,,,,~$%#
#@#@%$/~,,          @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@           ,,~/$%@#@#
@%$$/~,,,,                                          ,,,,~/$$%@
#%%$/,,,,, hold on  i'm trying  to  find  the  name ,,,,,/$%%#
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@@@@%$/~,, ,###,###,###,##,##,##,##,##,###,###,###, ,,~/$%@@@@
###@%$/~,,                                          ,,~/$%@###
#@#@%$/~,, "ferns  are   not   of  major   economic ,,~/$%@#@#
#@#@%$/~,,          importance" - wikiped           ,,~/$%@#@#
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