Blackboard Tree vs Blood Iris

Alstonia scholaris compared with Iris sanguinea

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Blood Iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Blood Iris
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Apocynaceae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Alstonia	Iris
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Iris sanguinea

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Blood Iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Blood Iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Blood Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

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.

Blood Iris

The Blood Iris (Iris sanguinea) is a species in the genus Iris. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States