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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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