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