Blackboard Tree vs Castor bean tick

Alstonia scholaris compared with Ixodes ricinus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Castor bean tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Castor bean tick
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Apocynaceae	Ixodidae
Genus	Alstonia	Ixodes
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Ixodes ricinus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Castor bean tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Castor bean tick
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.

Castor bean tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (7 countries).

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.

Castor bean tick

The Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) is a species in the genus Ixodes. Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan