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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.                §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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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§§§§§§§¨¨§ 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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§§§§§¨¨§§¨ 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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§§§§§§¨¨¨¨ 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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