Foliage Notes:
Tiny, scale-like, bright green to blue green leaves have silver marks beneath.
Stem Notes:
Thick, silvery-brown to reddish-brown bark is furrowed.
Fruit Notes:
Spherical female cones (1/4 to 3/8" diameter) are green maturing to brown. Oblong male cones are smaller, reddish-brown and oblong.
Soil Notes:
Easily grown in average, moist but well-drained soils.
Range:
Primarily being found on seaward slopes in a coastal belt along Pacific Coast mountain ranges from Coos Bay in southwestern Oregon to the Klamath River in northwestern California, with isolated additional populations in northern California near the Trinity Mountains and Mount Shasta.
