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§§§¨§¨¨§¨§ ok  a  fern   is  an   obvious   fractal §¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
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¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§§§§¨¨§
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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¨          ¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨
¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨§           §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          ¨§¨¨§§§§§§
§¨§§§¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ hold  on  i'm trying  to find  the  name ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§§§¨§§¨§¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§¨§§§§¨ ¨###¨###¨###¨##¨##¨##¨##¨##¨###¨###¨###¨ §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§§§§¨§§§¨
§§§¨§¨¨§¨§ "ferns   are  not  of   major   economic §¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§§¨§§§¨          importance" - wikiped           §¨¨§¨§¨§§§
¨§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§§§§¨¨§
§§¨§¨§¨§§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
¨§§§§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
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§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨§§¨§§¨