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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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¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨ 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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