Form: Oval, pyramidal
Growth Rate: Mod to Fast
Drought Tolerance: High
Size: 60-80’ tall by 25-30’ wide
Zone: 5-10
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Light Requirements: Full sun to part shade
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, moist, fertile, humus rich,
slightly acidic
Bark: Smooth; reddish brown fibers when young; matures to
reddish brown to gray-brown with shallow fissures; ridges are
narrow strips, ribbon and bands vertically overlapping.
Flower: Brownish tan male cones; greenish purple female cones; forms late winter
Fruit: Oval, hard greenish purple to brown cone; attracts
birds, squirrels, and other mammals
Foliage: Alternate, simple, needle-like leaves; pale green
needless turn coppery red in Fall; leaves are like a soft evergreen needle, but tree is deciduous
Uses: Large parking lot islands, parking lot buffer strips,
reclamation plantings, screening and as a shade tree; can be
clipped into a nice soft hedge