Trees to 57 m; trunk to 3.6 m diam. Bark cinnamon brown, fibrous, furrowed and ridged. Branchlet segments mostly 2 or more times longer than wide, broadening distally. Leaves 3--14 mm, including long-decurrent base, rounded abaxially, apex acute (often abruptly), usually mucronate. Pollen cones red-brown to light brown. Seed cones oblong-ovate when closed, red-brown to golden brown, proximal scales often reflexed at cone maturity, median scales then widely spreading to recurved, distal scales erect. Seeds 4 or fewer in cone, 14--25 mm (including wings), light brown. 2 n = 22.
Montane forests; at elevations from 300-2,800 metres. Found on a variety of soils, usually on western slopes; at an elevation from 700-2,500 metres. The best specimens are found on deep well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam soils.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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