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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. @#%%=~:,,,
,,:~=%%#@# #@#%%=~:,,
,:~=%%#@## 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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