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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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........,~ .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 ##¤¤^/~,..
.,~/^¤¤### 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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..,~/^¤¤## 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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