Fern Spelling Dictionary

an unstressed vowel

dryopteras in a plant order

Write dryopteris and the order will find it.

heard dryopteraswritten dryopteris1 of 10 positions differan unstressed vowel

an unstressed vowel

Nurseries and seed lists index this genus under a long tail of cultivar names, so the genus itself has to be spelled exactly for anything to come back. The three letters at risk are always the same ones: the y at the start and the e and i in the last two syllables, none of which the ear can settle.

The class

An unstressed vowel, flattened until it gives the ear no information.

Same name

Other spellings recorded for dryopteris

The name