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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.                ¨¨§§¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§ 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¨          §¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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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 ¨¨§§§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§            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¨          ¨¨§§§§§§¨§
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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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