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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, ##*::~:,,,
,:~:**#### ##################### ####**:~:,
,:~:**#### ####**:~:,
,:~:::*### 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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