Aquarium plant guide
Carpeting aquarium plants
Carpeting plants spread horizontally to cover the substrate in a dense mat, creating the lawn-like effect common in Nature Aquarium and Dutch-style scapes. Most carpet plants need fine substrate, good light penetration at substrate level, and either CO2 or high-frequency fertilising to stay dense and low. Runners and fragmentation make them easy to propagate once established.
37 plants in this category

Anubias BonsaiAnubias barteri

Anubias Mini CoinAnubias barteri

Anubias Nana PetiteAnubias barteri

Anubias Petite RoundAnubias barteri

Brazilian Micro SwordLilaeopsis brasiliensis

Christmas MossVesicularia montagnei

Coin Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri

Coral MossRiccardia chamedryfolia

Creeping HygrophilaHygrophila serpyllum

Crypt ParvaCryptocoryne parva

Dwarf Baby TearsMicranthemum callitrichoides 'Cuba'

Dwarf Chain SwordHelanthium bolivianum 'Quadricostatus'

Dwarf Four Leaf CloverMarsilea crenata

Dwarf HairgrassEleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Hairgrass MiniEleocharis parvula

Dwarf SagittariaSagittaria subulata

Flame MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'

GlossoGlossostigma elatinoides

Golden Coin AnubiasAnubias barteri

Golden Nana AnubiasAnubias barteri

Japan CloverHydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan'

Java MossTaxiphyllum barbieri

Marimo Moss BallsAegagropila linnaei

Mini HairgrassEleocharis pusilla

Mini Water CloverMarsilea minuta

Monte CarloMicranthemum tweediei

Needle Leaf BuceBucephalandra sp. 'Needle Leaf'

Peacock MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Peacock'

PelliaMonosolenium tenerum

Philippine AnubiasSchismatoglottis prietoi

Spiky MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Spiky'

Staurogyne RepensStaurogyne repens

Taiwan MossTaxiphyllum alternans 'Taiwan'

UGUtricularia graminifolia

Umbrella HairgrassEleocharis vivipara

Wavy Green BuceBucephalandra pygmaea 'Wavy Green'

Weeping MossVesicularia ferriei 'Weeping'
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