 The species as a whole is not considered particularly vulnerable to these factors , however , as it is so widely distributed and common . Western Australia 's Department of Environment and Conservation does not consider it to be rare , and has not included it on their Declared Rare and Priority Flora List . It nonetheless has high conservation importance in at least one context : it is a keystone mutualist in the Avon Wheatbelt , where it is the only source of nectar during a critical period of the year when no other nectar @-@ producing plant is in flower . The loss of B. prionotes from the region would therefore mean the loss of all the honeyeaters as well , and this would affect the many other species of plants that rely on honeyeaters for pollination . The primary vegetation community in which Banksia prionotes occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt is considered a priority ecological community , and is proposed for formal gazetting as a threatened ecological community under the name " Banksia prionotes and <unk> angustifolium low woodlands on transported yellow sand " . Although currently in near @-@ pristine and static condition , it is considered at risk due to a large number of threatening processes , including land clearing , landscape fragmentation , rising soil salinity , grazing pressure , competition with weeds , changes to the fire regime , rubbish dumping , and P. cinnamomi dieback . 
