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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. $^--......
.....--^$¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤$^--.....
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...--^$¤@# 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 @¤$^--....
.....--^$¤ ¤$^--.....
......--^$ 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 ^--.......
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