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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 ,,,,,,,,^~
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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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