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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 *:~~......
.....~~:*& &*:~~.....
....~~:* #&*:~~....
...~~:*@ .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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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. @#&*:~~...
....~~:* #&*:~~....
.....~~:*& &*:~~.....
......~~:* .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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...~~:*@ @#&*:~~...
..~~:*@# #@#&*:~~..
.~~:*@## ##@#&*:~~.