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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. &&&&.&&...
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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 .&&&..&&..
....&&.&.. &&..&.&.&.
....&.&&&. 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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