Banksia acanthopoda grows in tall closed kwongan heath in lateritic soils, sometimes with a sparse overstorey of wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) or Drummond's gum (E. drummondii).
Eucalyptus | eucalyptus | Eucalyptus marginata | Eucalyptus globulus | Eucalyptus populnea | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Eucalyptus regnans | Eucalyptus sieberi | Eucalyptus saligna | Eucalyptus deanei | Eucalyptus sclerophylla | ''Eucalyptus'' sap | Eucalyptus largiflorens | Eucalyptus wandoo | Eucalyptus tereticornis | Eucalyptus rossii | Eucalyptus michaeliana | Eucalyptus grandis | Eucalyptus elata | Eucalyptus drummondii | Eucalyptus diversicolor | Eucalyptus coolabah | Eucalyptus obliqua | Eucalyptus apiculata | ''S. drummondii'' illustration by Augusta Innes Withers | Eucalyptus urophylla | Eucalyptus robusta | Eucalyptus risdonii | ''Eucalyptus regnans | Eucalyptus radiata |
The soil of mallee area is a yellow sandy clay with the dominant plants being the low dense Eucalyptus drummondii and Allocasuarina.