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¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EMPIRE SPANNING THE ENTIRE EARTH, TAKING §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ON  THE   ROLES  NOW  GIVEN  TO   GRASS, §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨        BUSHES, TREES AND FLOWERS.        ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
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§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ 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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¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ BRACKEN.  IT  LIVES  IN  COLONIES  WHERE §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§ EVERY  INDIVIDUAL  MIGHT LOOK VERY  MUCH ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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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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¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨      CONTAINS MISTLETOE DNA IN ITS       §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§   MITROCHONDRIA. IT'S NOT MOONWORT. BUT  ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
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