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Anodopetalum biglandulosum is a Tasmanian endemic species that is a common component of Tasmanian cool temperate rainforests. Tasmanian rainforests are classified along a fertility gradient into three major types: callidendrous, thamnic and implicate rainforests. Callidendrous rainforests are tall, park-like forests with few shrubs in the understory, located on high fertility soils. Thamnic rainforests are well-formed trees, medium in height, with a distinct shrub layer on intermediate fertility soils. Implicate rainforests are low, tangled forests with uneven canopies on infertile soils. Anodopetalum biglandulosum is typically an understory species in thamnic rainforests, as well as a canopy species in implicate rainforests. This species is present below 1100m altitude in high rainfall areas (in excess of 1750mm) and on poorly drained acid soils in Western and Southern Tasmania. In these locations, A. biglandulosum forms a tangle of stems producing its characteristic 'horizontal' scrub growth.