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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 ¨§¨§§§§¨¨§
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§§¨§§¨§§§§ 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 §§§¨§¨¨§§¨
§§§§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨§§
¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§§¨§          ¨BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS¨          §§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨          §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          ¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§§¨§§§§§¨§ SMALL,  NO  HIGHER  THEN THIRD A  METER. §¨§§§§§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨      CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS       §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§¨§¨¨¨§¨§§   MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT  ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§¨¨§§§¨§               IT COULD BE.               §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§§§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨¨§§
§¨¨¨§§§§§¨          ¨THAT OTHER NICE ONE¨           ¨§§§§§¨§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§          §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§           §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨§¨¨§§¨§ 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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§§§¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§§¨§§¨¨¨
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