Blackboard Tree vs Ross' cuttle

Alstonia scholaris compared with Rossia macrosoma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Ross' cuttle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sepiolidae
Genus	Alstonia	Rossia
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Rossia macrosoma

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Ross' cuttle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Ross' cuttle
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.

Ross' cuttle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.