Foliage Notes:
Yellow (New shoots are tinged with golden yellow); Green (Mature growth is bright green)
Fruit Notes:
Blue;brown (Dioecious; female: whitish blue to brown cones; male: dark brown cones)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, except those that are wet
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Adult leaves (0.06" long) are scale-like, rhombic, very stiff, and typically 4-ranked in opposite pairs. Adult abaxial leaf surface has a paler margin, and a small glandular depression. Juvenile growth always produces awl-like leaves (0.3-0.5"). Awl leaves are spreading in whorls of 3 or opposite, with green midrib and 2 glaucous bands above, ending in a spiny point. New growth droops slightly and is golden yellow. Branches come out at 30 degree angles ('Pfiteriana' branches come out at 45 degree angles).
