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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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&..&&.&... CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS &.&...&...
&.&.&&&..& MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT &&&..&&..&
&&&&..&.&. IT COULD BE. ..&.&.&.&.
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&&&&&&...& "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC .&.&..&.&&
.....&..&. IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED &&&&.&&&..
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