Bird species that have been observed foraging and feeding at the flowers include the red wattlebird ("Anthochaera carunculata"), Lewin's honeyeater ("Meliphaga lewinii"), brown honeyeater ("Lichmera indistincta"), tawny-crowned honeyeater ("Gliciphila melanops"), yellow-faced honeyeater ("Lichenostomus chrysops"), white-plumed honeyeater ("L. penicillatus"), white-cheeked honeyeater ("Phylidonyris niger"), New Holland honeyeater ("P. novaehollandiae"), noisy friarbird ("Philemon corniculatus"), noisy miner ("Manorina melanocephala") and eastern spinebill ("Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris"). Insects recorded visiting flower spikes include the European honey bee and ants. The swamp wallaby ("Wallabia bicolor") eats new shoots that grow from lignotubers after bushfire.