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