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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. =-,.......
......,-=^ ^=-,......
.....,-=^* 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 *^=-,.....
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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. #@@#*^=-,.
..,-=^*#@@ @@#*^=-,..
...,-=^*#@ 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. @#*^=-,...
..,-=^*#@@ ##################### @@#*^=-,..
.,-=^*#@@# #@@#*^=-,.
..,-=^*#@@ HOLD ON I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NAME @@#*^=-,..
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.....,-=^* .###.###.###.##.##.##.##.##.###.###.###. *^=-,.....
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.......,-= "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC =-,.......
........,- IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED -,........
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