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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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&&.&.&&.&. 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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.....&&..& 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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