Blackboard Tree vs flat periwinkle

Alstonia scholaris compared with Littorina fabalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	flat periwinkle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Littorinimorpha (Littorinimorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Littorinidae
Genus	Alstonia	Littorina
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Littorina fabalis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

flat periwinkle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	flat periwinkle
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.

flat periwinkle

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.