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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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.....-«\†¤ 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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...-«\†¤@¶ "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ¶@¤†\«-...
....-«\†¤@ IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED @¤†\«-....
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