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Water Hyacinth Coexistence Guides

Water Hyacinth is most often used floating, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementFloating
LightHigh
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Dwarf Crypt

Cryptocoryne parva

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Gratiola

Limnophila hippuridoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Meebold's Lagenandra

Lagenandra meeboldii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Mint Charlie

Clinopodium brownei

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Vesuvius Sword

Helanthium bolivianum

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Mermaid Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Pelia

Monosolenium tenerum

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Purple Bacopa

Bacopa salzmannii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

River Buttercup

Ranunculus inundatus

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Whorled Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow