§¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§§§¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ok   a  fern   is  an  obvious   fractal §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨         ####                             ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§            * ** ** * ** ** **            §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨             *  *  * *  *  *              §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨              $$ $$   $$ $$               §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                §       §                 §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                 ### ###                  ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                   ¨#¨                    ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                    #                     ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§ 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.                §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ 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         ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨          ¨pteridium aquilinum¨           §§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨          §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§           §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§ 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 ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§§ 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 ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§          ¨botrypus virginianus¨          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§          §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ small,  no higher then  third  a  meter. §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨       contains mistletoe dna in its      ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨   mitrochondria. it's not moonwort. but  ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨§               it could be.               ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨          ¨that other nice one¨           §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨§           §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ hold  on  i'm trying to  find  the  name §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ ¨###¨###¨###¨##¨##¨##¨##¨##¨###¨###¨###¨ ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ "ferns  are   not  of   major   economic §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨           importance" - wikiped          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨