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Rhizophora mangle
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Water Hyacinth Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Water Hyacinth does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementFloating
LightHigh
DifficultyBeginner
FlowLow (Still Water)
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Uruguay Sword
Echinodorus uruguayensis
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Italian Val
Vallisneria spiralis
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow
Baby Tears
Lindernia rotundifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Banana Plant
Nymphoides aquatica
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate
Bog Moss
Mayaca fluviatilis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Bonsai Rotala
Rotala indica
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateHigh
Broadleaf Sagittaria
Sagittaria latifolia
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate
Cardinal Plant
Lobelia cardinalis
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Carolina Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Christmas Moss
Vesicularia montagnei
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Creeping Ludwigia
Ludwigia repens
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Downoi
Pogostemon helferi
Stem Plant
Foreground
Midground
IntermediateModerate
Dwarf Chain Sword
Helanthium tenellum
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis parvula
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate
Dwarf Rotala
Rotala rotundifolia
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Water Lily
Nymphaea stellata
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Giant Baby Tears
Micranthemum umbrosum
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh
Giant Hairgrass
Eleocharis montevidensis
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate
Gratiola
Limnophila hippuridoides
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate
Green Lily
Nymphaea glandulifera
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate
Japan Clover
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Japanese Bamboo
Blyxa japonica
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate