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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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§§§¨¨¨¨§§§          ¨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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§§¨¨§§§§§§ 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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