Blackboard Tree vs Ray

Alstonia scholaris compared with Bathyraja schroederi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Ray
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Alstonia	Bathyraja
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Bathyraja schroederi

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Ray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Ray
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.

Ray

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Chile.

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.