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Java Moss Coexistence Guides

Java Moss is most often used attached to hardscape, foreground, midground, and background, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementAttached to hardscape
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Slender Anubias

Anubias gracilis

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Spade-leaf Anubias

Anubias hastifolia

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Zipper Moss

Fissidens zippelianus

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Pelia

Monosolenium tenerum

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Crypt Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Works with Planning
Other
Background
BeginnerLow

Coral Pelia

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
IntermediateModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

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

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow