Blackboard Tree vs Pine Needle Split

Alstonia scholaris compared with Lophodermium pinastri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Pine Needle Split
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rhytismatales (Rhytismatales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Rhytismataceae
Genus	Alstonia	Lophodermium
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Lophodermium pinastri

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Pine Needle Split

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Pine Needle Split
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.

Pine Needle Split

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (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.