Blackboard Tree vs Southern Bracket

Alstonia scholaris compared with Ganoderma australe

Key Differences

Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Southern Bracket is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Southern Bracket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Ganoderma
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Ganoderma australe

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Southern Bracket

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Southern Bracket
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.

Southern Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, and Taiwan.

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.