Need Help Picking Plants

[Kaitie09]

I have a 55 gallon long that I am currently setting up. The substrate is organic soil with pea gravel over that. I have a 350 GPH canister filter and a Coralife 6700k T5 bulb. The area I have the tank at gets almost direct sun after 2pm. I am not using CO2, but do have 2 air stones. There is Malaysian driftwood and lava rock in there that I'm hoping to attaching moss or something to.
 
I'm looking for suggestions on which plants would work well in that setup. I am fairly new to planted tanks, I had a 20 gallon beginner LED setup for the past 2 years and they only thing that ever thrived in that was Anubis.  

 

[SeanTrollope]

java ferns

java moss

 

[Byron]

The issue with the LED was likely light intensity being too low, but that should not be an issue with the T5 6700K tube.  Amazon swords (Echinodorus species) should thrive here.  And the pygmy chain sword (Helanthium tenellum) as a substrate plant.  Crypts are another option.  The fern and moss Sean mentioned will do well on wood or rock.  Floating plants will probably benefit too.  Some of the stem plants perhaps; Brazilian Pennywort is not high light requiring like many stem plants, and it also grows nicely left floating.  Sepending upon the GH, Vallisneria might work; it needs moderately hard water to be at its best.
 
I would strongly suggest floating plants to make use of the nutrients from the soil, initially especially.  This should help prevent algae issues, and with soil ammonia can be high for the first couple of months so fast-growing plants help with this too.  Floaters are very fast growing.
 
Byron.