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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. .......--=
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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. ......--=*
**=--..... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .....--=**
@**=--.... ....--=**@
@@**=--... 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. .......--=
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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. ......--=*
**=--..... .....--=**
@**=--.... ....--=**@
@@**=--... .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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