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