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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 §§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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§§¨¨§¨¨§§§ 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 ¨¨§¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨§§§¨¨§          ¨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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