Full sun or semi-shade. Beautiful tree when used as specimen. Fruit is blue-black in fall and is relished by many songbirds. Users include wood ducks, robins, woodpeckers, thrashers, flickers and mockingbirds. Evergreen is Pyramidal in youth, crown at maturity has several horizontal and ascending branches.
Needles are light green and have a fine texture.
Grows best on fertile, well- drained soils but is very adaptable. A very handsome and ornamental specimen, valuable for lawns, parks, and estates. Provides valuable cover and nesting sites for songbirds and mammals. Needles are used as nesting material. Seeds are eaten by quail, chickadees, grosbeaks, nuthatches and woodpeckers.