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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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Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Rose

Samolus valerandi

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Works with Planning
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Guppy Grass

Najas guadalupensis

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Conflicting Needs
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate