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&&,,,&,,,&                                          &&&&&&&,&&
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,,&&,&,&,& OK  A   FERN  IS   AN  OBVIOUS   FRACTAL &,,,,,,&,&
&,&,&&&&&&         ####                             ,&,,,,,&&&
,&&&&,,,,,                                          &&&,,,,&,,
,&,,,&,,,,            ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^            &,,&,,,&&,
,&&,,&&,,,             %  %  % %  %  %              &&,&&,,&,&
&&,&,&,&,,              %% %%   %% %%               &,&&,&,&&&
,,&&&&&&&,                &       &                 &&&,&&&&,,
,,&,,,,,,&                 ### ###                  ,,,&&,,,&,
,,&&,,,,,&                   ,@,                    ,,,&,&,,&&
&,&,&,,,,&                    #                     &,,&&&&,&,
&&&&&&,,,&                                          ,&,&,,,&&&
,,,,,,&,,& 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          ,,&&,,,&&&
&&&,,&&,,,                                          ,,&,&,,&,,
&,,&,&,&,,                                          &,&&&&,&&,
&&,&&&&&&,           ,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 ,&,&,,,,,,
,&&&&,&&,&                                          &&&&&,,,,,
,&,,,&&,&& 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 ,&,,&&&,,&
,,,&,,&,,,                                          ,&&,&,,&,&
&,,&&,&&,,                                          &&,&&&,&&&
,&,&,&&,&,          ,BOTRYPUS VIRGINIANUS,          ,,&&,,&&,,
,&&&&&,&&&          &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&          ,,&,&,&,&,
,&,,,,&&,,                                          ,,&&&&&&&&
&&&,,,&,&, 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,           &&&&&,,,&,
&,&&&&,,,&          &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&           ,,,,,&,,&&
,&&,,,&,,&                                          &,,,,&&,&,
,&,&,,&&,& 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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