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