Water Cabbage
Pistia stratiotes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
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Zippel's Fern Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Zippel's Fern does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.
PlacementMidground
LightLow
DifficultyBeginner
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Asian Watermoss
Salvinia cucullata
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Chain Sword
Helanthium tenellum
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Crypt
Cryptocoryne parva
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Floating Fern
Salvinia natans
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Red Root Floater
Phyllanthus fluitans
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Shoreweed
Littorella uniflora
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Water Spangles
Salvinia minima
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Green Cabomba
Cabomba aquatica
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh
Red Mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Other
Background
AdvancedHigh
Ashy Pipewort
Eriocaulon cinereum
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
AdvancedHigh
Carolina Mosquito Fern
Azolla caroliniana
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Common Duckweed
Lemna minor
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Giant Duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Water Fern
Azolla filiculoides
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Glosso
Glossostigma elatinoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh
Watermeal
Wolffia arrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh
HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh