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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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