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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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.&&...&... 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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