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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. ^--.......
......--^§ ##################### §^--......
.....--^§% %§^--.....
....--^§%# 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 ..........
.........- -.........
........-- --........
.......--^ .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. #%§^--....
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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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..--^§%#¶@ @¶#%§^--..
.--^§%#¶@# #@¶#%§^--.