Aquarium Plants and Mosses

Aquatic plants are a great addition to the right tank, they can provide a natural setting for your fish and they also help to to remove Nitrates.

1. Acorus calamus
2. Alisma gramineum
3. Alternanthera bettzichiana
4. Alternanthera lilacina
5. Alternanthera philoxeroides
6. Alternanthera reineckii “rosaefolia”
7. Alternanthera sessilis
8. Amblystegium serpens (Nano Moss)
9. Ammania gracilis (Delicate ammania, red ammania)
10. Ammania latifolia
11. Ammania senegalensis
12. Anubias afzelii (Narrow-leafed anubias)
13. Anubias barteri var. barteri (Broadleaved anubias)
14. Anubias barteri var. angustifolia
15. Anubias barteri var. caladiifolia
16. Anubias barteri var. glabra
17. Anubias barteri var. nana (Dwarf anubias)
18. Anubias gilletti
19. Anubias gracilis
20. Anubias hastifolia
21. Anubias heterophylla
22. Anubias pynaertii
23. Aponogeton appendiculatus
24. Aponogeton bernierianus
25. Aponogeton boivinianus
26. Aponogeton capuronii
27. Aponogeton crispus (Crinkled or ruffled aponogeton)
28. Aponogeton decartyi
29. Aponogeton desertorum
30. Aponogeton dioecus
31. Aponogeton distachyos
32. Aponogeton elongatus
33. Aponogeton fenestralis
34. Aponogeton henkelianus
35. Aponogeton junceus
36. Aponogeton longiplumulosus
37. Aponogeton loriae
38. Aponogeton madagascariensis (Madagascar laceleaf, lace plant)
39. Aponogeton natans
40. Aponogeton rigidifolius
41. Aponogeton tenuispicatus
42. Aponogeton ulvaceus (Compact apongeton)
43. Aponogeton undulatus
44. Armoracia aquatica
45. Azolla caroliniana (water velvet, mosquito fern)
46. Azolla filiculoïdes (Azolla, moss fern)
47. Azolla pinnata
48. Bacopa amplexicaulis
49. Bacopa australis
50. Bacopa caroliniana (lemon bacopa, water hyssop, giant bacopa)
51. Bacopa crenata
52. Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop, dwarf bacopa, baby tears)
53. Bacopa myriophylloides
54. Bacopa rotundifolia (Round bacopa)
55. Baldellia ranunculoides
56. Barclaya longifolia (Orchid lily)
57. Barclaya motleyi
58. Blyxa aubertii
59. Blyxa echinosperma
60. Blyxa japonica (Japanese rush)
61. Blyxa novoguineensis
62. Blyxa octandra
63. Bolbitis heteroclita
64. Bolbitis heudelotii (African or Congo fern)
65. Cabomba aquatica (Yellow cabomba, giant cabomba)
66. Cabomba caroliniana (Green cabomba)
67. Cabomba furcata
68. Cabomba palaeformis
69. Cabomba piauhyensis (Red cabomba)
70. Caldesia parnassifolia
71. Calla palustris
72. Callitriche hamulata
73. Callitriche hermaphroditica
74. Callitriche palustris
75. Callitriche stagnalis
76. Cardamine lyrata (Chinese ivy, Japanese cress)
77. Cardamine rotundifolia
78. Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort)
79. Ceratophyllum submersum (tropical hornwort)
80. Ceratopteris cornuta
81. Ceratopteris pteridoides
82. Ceratopteris thalictroides (water sprite)
83. Cladophora aegagropila
84. Crassula aquatica
85. Crassula helmsii
86. Crinum calamistratum
87. Crinum natans (African onion plant)
88. Crinum purpurascens
89. Crinum thaianum (water onion)
90. Cryptocoryne affinis
91. Cryptocoryne alba
92. Cryptocoryne albida
93. Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia
94. Cryptocoryne auriculata
95. Cryptocoryne axelrodii
96. Cryptocoryne balansae
97. Cryptocoryne beckettii (Beckett’s Cryptocoryne)
98. Cryptocoryne blassii
99. Cryptocoryne bogneri
100. Cryptocoryne bullosa
101. Cryptocoryne ciliata
102. Cryptocoryne cognata
103. Cryptocoryne cordata (Giant cryptocoryne)
104. Cryptocoryne crispatula
105. Cryptocoryne cruddasiana
106. Cryptocoryne diderici
107. Cryptocoryne elliptica
108. Cryptocoryne ferruginea
109. Cryptocoryne fusca
110. Cryptocoryne grabowskii
111. Cryptocoryne gracilis
112. Cryptocoryne griffithii
113. Cryptocoryne huegelii
114. Cryptocoryne legroi
115. Cryptocoryne longicauda
116. Cryptocoryne lucens
117. Cryptocoryne lutea
118. Cryptocoryne minima
119. Cryptocoryne moehlmannii (Moehlmann’s cryptocoryne)
120. Cryptocoryne nevillii
121. Cryptocoryne nurii
122. Cryptocoryne parva (Tiny cryptocoryne)
123. Cryptocoryne petchii
124. Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
125. Cryptocoryne purpurea
126. Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
127. Cryptocoryne siamensis
128. Cryptocoryne spiralis
129. Cryptocoryne thwaitesii
130. Cryptocoryne tonkinensis
131. Cryptocoryne undulata (Undulate cryptocoryne)
132. Cryptocoryne usteriana
133. Cryptocoryne venemae
134. Cryptocoryne versteegii
135. Cryptocoryne walkeri
136. Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’
137. Cryptocoryne x willisii
138. Cryptocoryne zewaldiae
139. Cryptocoryne zonata
140. Cryptocoryne zukalii
141. Cyperus alternifolius
142. Cyperus helferi
143. Cyperus papyrus
144. Damasonium alisma
145. Didiplis diandra (Water hedge)
146. Echinodorus africanus
147. Echinodorus amazonicus (Amazon sword)
148. Echinodorus andrieuxii
149. Echinodorus angustifolius
150. Echinodorus argentinensis
151. Echinodorus aschersonianus
152. Echinodorus barthii
153. Echinodorus berteroi
154. Echinodorus bleheri (Broadleaved amazon)
155. Echinodorus bolivianus (Bolivian sword)
156. Echinodorus brevipedicellatus
157. Echinodorus cordifolius (Radicans sword, spade leaf sword)
158. Echinodorus fluitans
159. Echinodorus grandiflorus (Large-flowered amazon)
160. Echinodorus horemanii (Black-red amazon)
161. Echinodorus horizontalis
162. Echinodorus humilis
163. Echinodorus latifolius
164. Echinodorus longiscapus
165. Echinodorus macrophyllus (Large-leaved amazon sword)
166. Echinodorus martii
167. Echinodorus major (Ruffled amazon sword)
168. Echinodorus opacus (Opaque amazon sword)
169. Echinodorus osiris (Red amazon sword)
170. Echinodorus ‘Ozelot’
171. Echinodorus palaefolius
172. Echinodorus paniculatus
173. Echinodorus parviflorus (Black amazon sword)
174. Echinodorus pelliscidus
175. Echinodorus quadricostatus (Dwarf sword)
176. Echinodorus radicans
177. Echinodorus rigidifolius
178. Echinodorus ‘Rubin’
179. Echinodorus rubra
180. Echinodorus schlueteri
181. Echinodorus subalatus
182. Echinodorus tenellus (Pygmy chain sword)
183. Echinodorus tunicatus
184. Echinodorus uruguayensis (Uruguay amazon sword)
185. Egeria densa (Elodea, pondweed)
186. Egeria naias
187. Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
188. Eichhornia diversifolia
189. Elatine hydropiper
190. Elatine macropoda
191. Eleocharis acicularis (Hairgrass)
192. Eleocharis dulcis
193. Eleocharis minima
194. Eleocharis obtusa
195. Eleocharis parvula
196. Eleocharis vivipara
197. Elodea canadensis (Canadian pondweed)
198. Elodea nuttallii
199. Elodea occidentalis
200. Eriocaulon sp.
201. Eusteralis stellata (Star rotala)
202. Fissidens fontanus (U.S. Fissidens)
203. Fissidens sp. from Singapore (Phoenix Moss)
204. Fittonia argyroneura
205. Fontinalis antipyretica (Willow moss)
206. Glossadelphus zollingeri
207. Glossostigma diandrum
208. Glossostigma elatinoides
209. Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (Spadeleaf plant)
210. Hemianthus callitrichoides (Dwarf helzine)
211. Hemianthus micranthemoides (Pearlweed)
212. Heteranthera dubia
213. Heteranthera reniformis
214. Heteranthera zosterifolia (Stargrass)
215. Hippuris vulgaris
216. Hottonia inflata
217. Hottonia palustris (Water violet)
218. Hydrilla verticillata
219. Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
220. Hydrocleis nymphoides
221. Hydrocotyle leucocephala (Brazilian pennywort)
222. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
223. Hydrocotyle verticillata (Whorled umbrella plant)
224. Hydrocotyle vulgaris
225. Hydrothrix gardneri
226. Hydrotriche hottoniiflora
227. Hygrophila angustifolia
228. Hygrophila corymbosa ‘crispa’
229. Hygrophila corymbosa ‘glabra’ (Broadlead giant stricta)
230. Hygrophila corymbosa ‘gracilis’
231. Hygrophila corymbosa ‘siamensis’
232. Hygrophila corymbosa ‘strigosa’
233. Hygrophila difformis (Water wisteria)
234. Hygrophila guianensis
235. Hygrophila lacustris
236. Hygrophila lancea
237. Hygrophila natalis
238. Hygrophila polysperma (Dwarf hygrophilia)
239. Hygrophila salicifolia
240. Hygrophila stricta (Thai stricta, green stricta)
241. Hygroryza aristata
242. Isoetes lacustris (quillwort)
243. Isoetes malinverniana
244. Isoetes velata
245. Isolepis setracea
246. Isopterygium sp. (Mini Taiwan Moss)
247. Juncus repens
248. Lagarosiphon madagascariensis
249. Lagarosiphon major (Elodea crispa)
250. Lagenandra dewitii
251. Lagenandra insignis
252. Lagenandra koenigii
253. Lagenandra lancifolia
254. Lagenandra nairii
255. Lagenandra ovata
256. Lagenandra thwaitesii
257. Leptodictyum riparium (Stringy Moss)
258. Lemna gibba
259. Lemna minor (Duckweed)
260. Lemna paucicostata
261. Lemna perpusilla
262. Lemna trisulca
263. Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
264. Lilaeopsis carolinensis
265. Lilaeopsis macloviana
266. Lilaeopsis mauritiana
267. Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae (New Zealand grassplant)
268. Lilaeopsis ruthiana
269. Limnobium laevigatum (Amazon frogbit)
270. Limnobium spongia
271. Limnocharis flava
272. Limnophila aquatica (Giant ambulia)
273. Limnophila aromatica
274. Limnophila glabra
275. Limnophila heterophylla
276. Limnophila indica (Indian ambulia)
277. Limnophila sessiflora
278. Limnophila sessiliflora (Dwarf ambulia)
279. Lindernia crustacea F. Muell.
280. Lindernia rotundifolia
281. Littorella uniflora
282. Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower, scarlet lobelia)
283. Lobelia dortmanna
284. Lomariopsis sp.
285. Ludwigia alternifolia
286. Ludwigia arcuata
287. Ludwigia glandulosa (Glandular ludwigia, red star ludwigia)
288. Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
289. Ludwigia inclinata
290. Ludwigia inclinata var. verticellata ‘Cuba’
291. Ludwigia mullertii
292. Ludwigia natans
293. Ludwigia palustris
294. Ludwigia pulvinaris
295. Ludwigia repens (Creeping ludwigia, narrow-leaf ludwigia)
296. Luronium natans
297. Lycopodiella inundata (Lycopodium inundatum)
298. Lysimachia nummularia (creeping Jenny, moneywort)
299. Marsilea crenata
300. Marsilea drummondii
301. Marsilea hirsuta
302. Marsilea pubescens
303. Marsilea quadrifolia (water-clover)
304. Mayaca fluviatilis
305. Mayaca vandellii
306. Micranthemum umbrosum (Helzine)
307. Microsorum pteropus (Java fern)
308. Monosolenium tenerum (commercial name; plants sold under this name are probably Metzgeria sp.)
309. Myriophyllum alterniflorum
310. Myriophyllum aquaticum (Brazilian milfoil, milfoil)
311. Myriophyllum elatinoides
312. Myriophyllum heterophyllum
313. Myriophyllum hippuroides (Green milfoil, water milfoil)
314. Myriophyllum matogrossense
315. Myriophyllum proserpinacoides
316. Myriophyllum scabratum (Foxtail)
317. Myriophyllum spicatum
318. Myriophyllum tuberculatum (Red myriophyllum)
319. Myriophyllum ussuriense
320. Myriophyllum verticillatum
321. Myriophylumm oguraense
322. Najas graminea
323. Najas guadelupensis
324. Najas indica
325. Najas marina
326. Najas minor
327. Najas pectinata
328. Nesaea crassicaulis
329. Nitella capillaris
330. Nitella flexilis
331. Nitella gracilis
332. Nomaphila siamensis
333. Nomaphila stricta
334. Nuphar advenum
335. Nuphar japonica (Spatterdock)
336. Nuphar luteum
337. Nuphar pumilum
338. Nuphar sagittifolium
339. Nymphaea alba
340. Nymphaea lotus (Tiger lotus)
341. Nymphaea lotus var. rubra
342. Nymphaea micrantha
343. Nymphaea pubescens
344. Nymphaea pygmea
345. Nymphaea stellata (Red and blue water lily)
346. Nymphaea zenkeri ‘Red’ (Red tiger lotus)
347. Nymphoides aquatica (Banana plant)
348. Nymphoides humboldtiana
349. Nymphoides indica
350. Nymphoides peltata
351. Orontium aquaticum
352. Ottelia alismoides
353. Ottelia mesenterum
354. Ottelia ulvifolia
355. Phyllanthus fluitans
356. Pilularia americana
357. Pilularia globulifera
358. Pistia stratiotes (Water lettuce)
359. Pogostemon helferi
360. Pogostemon stellatus
361. Pontederia cordata
362. Potamogeton coloratus
363. Potamogeton crispus
364. Potamogeton densus
365. Potamogeton filiformis
366. Potamogeton gayi
367. Potamogeton gramineus
368. Potamogeton lucens
369. Potamogeton malaianus
370. Potamogeton natans
371. Potamogeton perfoliatus
372. Proserpinaca palustris
373. Ranunculus aquatilis
374. Ranunculus limosella
375. Regnellidium diphyllum
376. Riccia fluitans (Crystalwort)
377. Ricciocarpus natans
378. Rorippa aquatica
379. Rotala indica
380. Rotala macrandra (Giant red rotala)
381. Rotala rotundifolia (Dwarf rotala)
382. Rotala wallichii (Whorly rotala)
383. Ruellia difformis (out of date synonym)
384. Ruppia maritima
385. Sagittaria chapmani
386. Sagittaria eatonii
387. Sagittaria filiformis
388. Sagittaria graminea
389. Sagittaria guyanensis
390. Sagittaria isoëtiformis
391. Sagittaria latifolia
392. Sagittaria microfila
393. Sagittaria montevidensis
394. Sagittaria natans
395. Sagittaria papillosa
396. Sagittaria platyphylla (giant sagittaria)
397. Sagittaria pusilla (dwarf sagittaria)
398. Sagittaria sagittifolia
399. Sagittaria subulata (needle sagittaria, floating arrowhead)
400. Salvinia auriculata
401. Salvinia cucullata
402. Salvinia minima
403. Salvinia natans (water spangles)
404. Salvinia oblongifolia
405. Salvinia rotundifolia
406. Samolus valerandi (Water cabbage)
407. Saururus cernuus (Lizard’s tail)
408. Selaginella sp.
409. Shinnersia rivularis (Mexican oak leaf)
410. Spathiphyllum tasson (Brazilian Sword)
411. Spathiphyllum wallisii (Peace lily)
412. Spiranthes romanzoffiana
413. Spirodela polyrhiza
414. Stratiotes aloides
415. Subularia aquatica
416. Synnema triflorum (out of date synonym)
417. Taxiphyllum barbieri (Java Moss)
418. Taxiphyllum sp. (Flame Moss)
419. Taxiphyllum sp. (Giant Moss)
420. Taxiphyllum sp. (Green Sock Moss)
421. Taxiphyllum sp. (Peacock Moss)
422. Taxiphyllum sp. (Spikey Moss)
423. Taxiphyllum sp. (String Moss or Japan Moss)
424. Taxiphyllum Alternans
425. Tonina fluviatilis
426. Trapa natans (Water chestnut)
427. Triglochin maritima
428. Triglochin palustre
429. Triglochin striata
430. Typha angustifolia
431. Typha latifolia
432. Utricularia gibba
433. Utricularia graminifolia
434. Utricularia minor
435. Utricularia vulgaris
436. Vallisneria americana (Dwarf vallisneria)
437. Vallisneria asiatica
438. Vallisneria asiatica var. biwaensis (Corkscrew vallisneria)
439. Vallisneria gigantea (Giant vallisneria)
440. Vallisneria neotropicalis
441. Vallisneria rubra
442. Vallisneria spiralis (Straight vallisneria)
443. Vallisneria tortifolia (Twisted vallisneria, dwarf vallisneria)
444. Vallisneria tortissima
445. Versicularia dubyana (Singapore moss)
446. Vesicularia ferriei (Weeping Moss)
447. Vesicularia montagnei (Christmas Moss)
448. Vesicularia reticulata (Erect Moss)
449. Vesicularia sp. (Creeping Moss)
450. Wolffia arrhiza
451. Wolffia microscopica
452. Wolffiella floridana
453. Zannichellia palustris