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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.                 ¨§§¨¨§§§§§
¨§§§¨¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ 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¨           ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§           §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§          §§¨¨§§§§§¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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 §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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