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African Water Fern Coexistence Guides

African Water Fern is most often used midground, background, and attached to hardscape, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementMidground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowHigh (River/Stream)
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Pelia

Monosolenium tenerum

Conflicting Needs
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Conflicting Needs
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Conflicting Needs
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Crypt Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Coral Pelia

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Ambulia

Limnophila sessiliflora

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Conflicting Needs
Other
Background
BeginnerLow

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Sivadasan's Crypt

Cryptocoryne sivadasanii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateLow

Spiral Crypt

Cryptocoryne spiralis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Undulata

Cryptocoryne undulata

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate