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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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