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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. #§%:~-....
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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 #§%:~-....
...-~:%§#@ @#§%:~-...
..-~:%§#@# 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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