Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy deep green evergreen foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Purple;brown (Reddish-purple young cones; mature cones become brown)
Soil Notes:
Prefers medium moisture, well-drained soils; will tolerate poor and gravelly soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Short (0.25-0.5" long), 4-sided needles are rounded at the apex and have 1-4 stomata lines on each surface. Terminal, short-stalked, cylindrical cones are 2-4" long and 1" wide with entire scales. The peeling bark is scaly.
