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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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...^==§$&@ twelve  thousand speices  are  left  and @&$§==^...
..^==§$&@# they  live  in  tropical  mountains high #@&$§==^..
.^==§$&@## above the rest of  the world. some float ##@&$§==^.
..^==§$&@#                 on water.                #@&$§==^..
...^==§$&@                                          @&$§==^...
....^==§$& the difference between a fern and a moss &$§==^....
...^==§$&@ is  that the  fern  can  transfer  water @&$§==^...
..^==§$&@# within  itself.  the  moss  has  to  use #@&$§==^..
.^==§$&@##          external water transfer         ##@&$§==^.
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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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