ok   a  fern  is  an   obvious   fractal 
                                      
                                          
                              
                                    
                                  
                                        
                                    
                                       
                                         
                                          
 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 
                                          
 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 
                                          
                                          
  
                                          
 "ferns   are   not  of   major  economic 
           importance" - wikiped