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Floating Fern Coexistence Guides

Floating Fern 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
LightModerate
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Grows Well Together
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Robinson's Aponogeton

Aponogeton robinsonii

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Leopard Val

Vallisneria nana

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

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