Foliage Notes:
Green (Blue-green needle-like and scale-like evergreen leaves); Purple (Foliage takes on a strong purple cast in the winter)
Fruit Notes:
Blue (Dioecious; attractive blue berries (cones) on female plants)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves all awl-like, 0.25", broad bluish-white band above, and blue green below, usually in pairs. Branchlets are very narrow (less than 1 mm thick). Bruised foliage smells of cedar. Gray brown to red brown bark exfoliates in long strips.
