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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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Nair's Lagenandra

Lagenandra nairii

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

Silver Lagenandra

Lagenandra thwaitesii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Capuron's Aponogeton

Aponogeton capuronii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

S. Repens

Staurogyne repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Slender Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Water Violet

Hottonia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh