 It grows on the tops and slopes of hills or ridges in low hilly country, in clay, shale, or basalt soils.It is an emergent tree in forests dominated by brigalow ("Acacia harpophylla"), hoop pine ("Araucaria cunninghamii"), or ooline ("Cadellia pentastylis").It is always present in the Central semi-evergreen vine thicket—also known as Bottletree Scrub—of the Brigalow Belt.