Shrubs or trees dioecious, to 7(--12) m, usually branching near base; crown rounded to flattened-globose. Bark gray to brown, exfoliating in thin strips, that of small branchlets (5--10 mm diam.) smooth, that of larger branchlets exfoliating in either flakes or in strips. Branches ascending to erect; branchlets erect, 4--6-sided, ca. 2/3 as wide as length of scalelike leaves. Leaves green to dark green, abaxial glands elongate, fewer than 1/5 of glands (on whip leaves) with an evident white crystalline exudate, margins denticulate (at 20´); whip leaves 4--6 mm, glaucous adaxially; scalelike leaves 1--3 mm, not overlapping, or if so, by less than 1/4 their length, keeled, apex acute to acuminate, spreading. Seed cones maturing in 1 year, of 1 size, with straight peduncles, globose to ovoid, 6--8 mm, reddish blue to brownish blue, glaucous, fleshy and resinous, with 1(--3) seeds. Seeds 4--5 mm.
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A large shrub. It grows 9 m tall. The bark is red-brown and fibrous. The leaves are grey-green and like scales. The fruit are small and round and ripen to grey-blue. They contain one seed.
In Pinyon-Juniper woodland; in grassland; on dry, rocky soils of intermountain basins; or on rock outcrops, buttes and mesas of limestone, sandstone or igneous rock; at elevations from 970-2,200 metres
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 6-10.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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