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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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&&....&&&. 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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