Used for fence posts, fuel wood, Christmas trees and greens. Dense bold form. Conical tree 35 to 40 feet tall, spreading to 20 ft. Slow growth rate. Hardy in Arizona.
Colors range from silvery to dark or gray-green.
Scaly foliage reaches to ground, trunks covered with dark fissured or checkered bark. Tolerant of heat and cold. Somewhat short-lived, lasting only 30 years or so, possibly because older trees are subject to bark beetles and other stresses.