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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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&.&.&&.&.& 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 .&..&.&.&.
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&.&.&&.&.& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC .&..&.&.&.
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