Blackboard Tree vs Phoma blight

Alstonia scholaris compared with Epicoccum sorghinum

Key Differences

Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Phoma blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Phoma blight
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Didymellaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Epicoccum
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Epicoccum sorghinum

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Phoma blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Phoma blight
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.

Phoma blight

Habitat

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

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.