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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 ....^:%%§§
§%:^...... ......^:%§
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##@§§%:~^. .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 .......~%§
#§§%%%:~^. .^~:%%%§§#
#@#§§%:~^. 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. ...^^~::§#
#§§§§%:~^. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .^~:%§§§§#
#§§%~^^... ...^^~%§§#
#§§§§%:~^. 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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