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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.                 ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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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§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ 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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¨¨§§§§§§§¨ "FERNS   ARE   NOT  OF  MAJOR   ECONOMIC ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§¨¨           IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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