Blackboard Tree vs dooryard sowbug

Alstonia scholaris compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Apocynaceae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Alstonia	Porcellio
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Porcellio laevis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	dooryard sowbug
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.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.