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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. .......--=
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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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$=--...... CALLED EAGLE FERN OR BRACKEN OR EAGLE ......--=$
¤$=--..... BRACKEN. IT LIVES IN COLONIES WHERE .....--=$¤
#¤$=--.... EVERY INDIVIDUAL MIGHT LOOK VERY MUCH ....--=$¤#
¶#¤$=--... ALIKE, BUT THEY EACH HAVE UNIQUE ...--=$¤#¶
#¶#¤$=--.. PROPORTIONS (WHICH CAN BE HARD TO ..--=$¤#¶#
##¶#¤$=--. SPOT). THIS MAKES THEM PERFECT ANTENNAE .--=$¤#¶##
#¶#¤$=--.. ..--=$¤#¶#
¶#¤$=--... A BIT SCARY, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU'VE ...--=$¤#¶
#¤$=--.... HAD A FEW DRINKS. ....--=$¤#
¤$=--..... .....--=$¤
$=--...... IF YOU EAT THEM YOU GET SICK. IN FACT, ......--=$
=--....... 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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