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Stringy Moss Coexistence Guides

Stringy Moss is most often used attached to hardscape, 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
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Red Root Floater

Phyllanthus fluitans

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Grows Well Together
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

Grows Well Together
Other
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Belinda's Buce

Bucephalandra belindae

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Buce Motleyana

Bucephalandra motleyana

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Crepidomanes Fern

Crepidomanes auriculatum

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
AdvancedLow

Dwarf Buce

Bucephalandra pygmaea

Grows Well Together
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Phoenix Moss

Fissidens fontanus

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Carolina Mosquito Fern

Azolla caroliniana

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Giant Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Moneywort

Bacopa monnieri

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Ambulia

Limnophila sessiliflora

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow