Blackboard Tree vs Lake Emerald

Alstonia scholaris compared with Somatochlora cingulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Lake Emerald
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Apocynaceae	Corduliidae
Genus	Alstonia	Somatochlora
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Somatochlora cingulata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Lake Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Lake Emerald
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.

Lake Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.