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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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¶¶&***:~~¨ 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 ¨~~:*&&¶@@
#@¶&&*:~~¨ ¨~~:*&&¶@#
#@¶&&*:~~¨ ¨~~:*&&¶@#
#@¶&&*:~~¨ ¨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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