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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. .&&...&&&&
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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 .&&&....&.
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&&..&&.&.& 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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...&&&...& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC &&&.&&&&&.
..&..&..&. IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED ..&&....&.
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