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#...##..## EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING .######..#
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#...####.. 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 .####....#
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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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.#..##.... 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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########## 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 ##########
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