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Common Duckweed Coexistence Guides

Common Duckweed is most often used floating, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementFloating
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Conflicting Needs
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Carolina Fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Japan Clover

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Leopard Val

Vallisneria nana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

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

Lemon Bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Chain Sword

Helanthium tenellum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate