Blackboard Tree vs Nut Disco

Alstonia scholaris compared with Hymenoscyphus fructigenus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Nut Disco
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Helotiaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Hymenoscyphus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Hymenoscyphus fructigenus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Nut Disco

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Nut Disco
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.

Nut Disco

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, 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.