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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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...&..&&&. 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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&.&&.&.&&& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC .&&&&.&.&&
&&.&&&&... IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &...&&&&..
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