The leaf base is rounded. Twigs are reddish-brown and glossy. May flowers are followed by a brown, cone-like fruit with red seeds in September or October. Twigs and buds are glabrous. Flowers are white with an unpleasant odor.
Fruit has a rosy cast to the cone.
Seeds are red and ripen in September or October. Tree is often multi-stemmed. Foliage is bloomy and finely hairy beneath. May and June flowers are followed by rosy fruit in September or October. It occurs singly or in groups in the eastern half of the state, principally in the northeastern section.