Carolina Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
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Micro Sword Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Micro Sword does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementForeground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Dwarf Ambulia
Limnophila sessiliflora
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Midground
Background
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Dwarf Hygro
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Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Dwarf Rotala
Rotala rotundifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Giant Baby Tears
Micranthemum umbrosum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Giant Red Rotala
Rotala macrandra
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Gratiola
Limnophila hippuridoides
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Green Lily
Nymphaea glandulifera
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Guppy Grass
Najas guadalupensis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Hornwort
Ceratophyllum demersum
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Java Fern
Leptochilus pteropus
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow
Lemon Bacopa
Bacopa caroliniana
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Matto Grosso Milfoil
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Meebold's Lagenandra
Lagenandra meeboldii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Mermaid Weed
Proserpinaca palustris
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Nair's Lagenandra
Lagenandra nairii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Attached to hardscape
IntermediateModerate
Needle Leaf Ludwigia
Ludwigia arcuata
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Octopus Plant
Pogostemon stellatus
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Parrot's Feather
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Pinnatifida
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Red Milfoil
Myriophyllum tuberculatum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh
Scarlet Temple
Alternanthera reineckii
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Silver Lagenandra
Lagenandra thwaitesii
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Stargrass
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate