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.-=***#@## ##@#***=-.
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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. #@#***=-..
...-=***#@ @#***=-...
....-=***# 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 *=-.......
........-= =-........
.........- -.........
.......... .PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM. ..........
.......... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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. @#***=-...
..-=***#@# #@#***=-..
.-=***#@## 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. **=-......
.......-=* &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& *=-.......
........-= =-........
.........- SMALL, NO HIGHER THEN THIRD A METER. -.........
.......... CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS ..........
.......... MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT ..........
.......... IT COULD BE. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.........- .THAT OTHER NICE ONE. -.........
........-= &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& =-........
.......-=* *=-.......
......-=** 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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