Floating Water Sprite
Ceratopteris cornuta
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
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African Water Fern Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job African Water Fern does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementMidground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowHigh (River/Stream)
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Giant Salvinia
Salvinia molesta
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Shoreweed
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Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Water Cabbage
Pistia stratiotes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Asian Watermoss
Salvinia cucullata
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Floating Fern
Salvinia natans
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Red Root Floater
Phyllanthus fluitans
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Water Spangles
Salvinia minima
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Ashy Pipewort
Eriocaulon cinereum
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
AdvancedHigh
Carolina Mosquito Fern
Azolla caroliniana
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Crypt
Cryptocoryne parva
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Giant Duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Green Cabomba
Cabomba aquatica
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh
Water Fern
Azolla filiculoides
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Glosso
Glossostigma elatinoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh
Common Duckweed
Lemna minor
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh
Watermeal
Wolffia arrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh