Foliage:
Green (Lustrous dark green needles)
Soil:
Prefers moist, well drained loamy soil
Range:
Mountains of West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Needles are 1/2 to 1" long, 1/24" wide, flat, grooved, lustrous dark green above; underside has 2 broad silver bands of stomata. Resinous stems are gray to yellow-brown. Cones are 1 1/2 to 2 1/2" long and 1 to 1 1/4" broad and have scales with exserted bracts.
