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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 §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§          ¨botrypus virginianus¨          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§          §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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¨          §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§           §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ hold  on i'm  trying to  find  the  name §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨###¨###¨###¨##¨##¨##¨##¨##¨###¨###¨###¨ §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ "ferns   are   not  of   major  economic §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§           importance" - wikiped          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§§¨¨