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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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Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Compact Aponogeton

Aponogeton ulvaceus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Works with Planning
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh

Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Giant Red Rotala

Rotala macrandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Red Milfoil

Myriophyllum tuberculatum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Carolina Fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Conflicting Needs
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Spatterdock

Nuphar japonica

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Madagascar Lace Plant

Aponogeton madagascariensis

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Tiger Lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Conflicting Needs
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Mosaic Plant

Ludwigia sedioides

Conflicting Needs
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh