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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. §*--......
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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 §*--......
.....--*§§ §§*--.....
....--*§§@ 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. §*--......
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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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