Photo Details
December 12, 2004 -Salt Lake Cemetery,
Salt Lake County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis
Characteristics:
Native perennial trees growing to 75 feet at maturity, the
crown long-conic; branches whorled, ascending to slightly to strongly
drooping;
twigs not pendent, stout, yellow-brown, usually without hair; many
small twigs
produced on the main trunk and between the main whorls of branches;
bark
relatively thick, gray-brown, breaking into furrows and rounded ridges,
only
slightly scaly. Needles are evergreen,
borne singly and at right angles from all sides of the twig, 3/4-1 1/4
inches long,
4-angled, stiff and sharply spine-tipped, silvery to blue-green.
Seed cones are green or violet, ripening
pale buff, 2- 4 inches long, ellipsoid, pendent, the scales elliptic to
diamond-shaped, widest below middle, stiff at the base, the tip
flexible,
unevenly toothed, and extending .31-.39 inches beyond seed-wing
impression. No saline tolerance, medium drought tolerance and low fire
tolerance.
Moisture requirements are medium. This plant is not palatable to
browsing animals.
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