Willow Moss
Fontinalis antipyretica
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow
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Common Duckweed Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Common Duckweed does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementFloating
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Zippel's Fern
Microsorum zippelii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Boivin's Aponogeton
Aponogeton boivinianus
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate
Giant Baby Tears
Micranthemum umbrosum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
River Buttercup
Ranunculus inundatus
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh
Scarlet Temple
Alternanthera reineckii
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh
African Onion Plant
Crinum calamistratum
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Broad-leaved Crypt
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Broadleaf Crinum
Crinum natans
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate
Crepidomanes Fern
Crepidomanes auriculatum
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
AdvancedLow
Crypt Wendtii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow
Giant Red Rotala
Rotala macrandra
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Gillet's Anubias
Anubias gilletii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Green Cabomba
Cabomba aquatica
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh
Java Fern
Leptochilus pteropus
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Lucky Bamboo
Dracaena sanderiana
Other
Background
BeginnerLow
Meebold's Lagenandra
Lagenandra meeboldii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Nair's Lagenandra
Lagenandra nairii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate
Orchid Lily
Barclaya longifolia
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Red Milfoil
Myriophyllum tuberculatum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Ruffled Aponogeton
Aponogeton crispus
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Sivadasan's Crypt
Cryptocoryne sivadasanii
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateLow
Slender Anubias
Anubias gracilis
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow