Ecology
Banksia dentata responds to bushfire by resprouting from its woody lignotuber although, unlike other members of the Salicinae, it lacks dormant buds at its base. It was described by Salkin as resembling an "upturned parsnip". The sugar glider forages among the flower spikes and is a probable pollinator.
B. dentata has been recorded as a host plant for the mistletoe species Amyema benthamii, Decaisnina angustata and D. signata.
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