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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         ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
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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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