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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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Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Giant Hairgrass

Eleocharis montevidensis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Giant Sagittaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Compact Aponogeton

Aponogeton ulvaceus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Coral Pelia

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Ditch Stonecrop

Penthorum sedoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

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

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

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

Mosaic Plant

Ludwigia sedioides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Quillwort

Isoetes lacustris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Shoreweed

Littorella uniflora

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate