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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 ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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