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