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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.                #.#.##.#..
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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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