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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         §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨§§§§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨
§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨           ¨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 ¨§§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§§§¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§§§§§§¨
¨§¨¨§§§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨§¨¨§§¨          ¨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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