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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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/-~....... .THAT OTHER NICE ONE. .......~-/
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#¶@*/-~... "FERNS ARE NOT OF MAJOR ECONOMIC ...~-/*@¶#
¶@*/-~.... IMPORTANCE" - WIKIPED ....~-/*@¶
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