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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 ,,###,,,,#
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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 ,###,,#,##
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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 ,#,##,,,##
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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  ##,,#,,,,#
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,,,#,,,,,#          ,that other nice one,           ,,#,##,,#,
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#,##,,#,,, "ferns  are   not  of   major   economic ,,,,,###,,
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