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.:==†%§### ferns are  the rests of an ancient plant ###§%†==:.
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.:==†%§### on  the  roles  now   given  to   grass, ###§%†==:.
.::===†%##        bushes, trees and flowers.        ##%†===::.
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.....:=%## 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 #§%†====:.
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....=††%§# 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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.:==†%§### "ferns   are  not  of   major   economic ###§%†==:.
.:==†%§###           importance" - wikiped          ###§%†==:.
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