Blackboard Tree vs Piedmont Grasshopper

Alstonia scholaris compared with Chorthippus cialancensis

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Piedmont Grasshopper is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Piedmont Grasshopper
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Acrididae
Genus	Alstonia	Chorthippus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Chorthippus cialancensis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Piedmont Grasshopper

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Piedmont Grasshopper
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.

Piedmont Grasshopper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.