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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. .&..&.&&..
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...&&&.... 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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.&&&..&... .THAT OTHER NICE ONE. ..&&&.....
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&&&......& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ..........
&.&&.....& IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &.........
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