[2][3][4] German botanist Karl Friedrich von Gaertner first described this species as Embothrium myricoides in 1807.

Associated species along watercourses include watergum (Tristaniopsis laurina), grey myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia), cedar wattle (Acacia elata), coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum), tantoon (Leptospermum polygalifolium) and coral fern (Gleichenia dicarpa).

Montane trees that L. myricoides grows as an understory with include broad-leaved manna gum (Eucalyptus mannifera), broad-leaved peppermint (E. dives), as well as the shrubs daphne heath (Brachyloma daphnoides) and prickly broom heath (Monotoca scoparia).

[12] Not commonly seen in cultivation, Lomatia myricoides grows in semi-shade in situations with some moisture.

[13] Joseph Maiden reported that its wood was light and hard, and easily worked.