basket fern vs Blackboard Tree

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Alstonia scholaris

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Blackboard Tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Blackboard Tree
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Alstonia
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Alstonia scholaris

Evolutionary Relationship

basket fern and Blackboard Tree share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Plantae. (Plants)

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

basket fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

basket fern

The Basket fern (Nephrolepis pectinata) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.