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