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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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Monte Carlo

Micranthemum tweediei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watergrass

Hygroryza aristata

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Mauritius Micro Sword

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Bonsai Rotala

Rotala indica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate