Trees to 50 m tall; trunk to 1.5 m d.b.h.; bark initially brown and smooth, aging blackish brown or dull purplish gray, rough, and scaly or fissured; crown pyramidal or broadly conical; branchlets initially pale yellow, later orange-yellow or yellowish brown, glossy, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; winter buds pale brown, ovoid-conical, not resinous, scales often slightly recurved or opening at base of branchlets. Leaves directed forward on upper side of branchlets, spreading on lower side, linear, slightly recurved, flattened, 1-2(-2.4) cm × 1.5-2 mm, stomatal lines in 2 white bands adaxially, apex acute or mucronate. Seed cones green, red-or purple-brown, maturing brown or yellowish brown, oblong-cylindric or narrowly ovoid, 3-7(-9) × 2-3.5 cm. Seed scales rhombic, rhombic-elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, broadest at middle, thin, ca. 12 × 7-8 mm at middle of cones, papery, margin irregularly denticulate, apex almost truncate or rounded. Seeds ovoid-cuneate, ca. 3 × 2 mm; wing 6-10 × 4-5 mm. Pollination May-Jun, seed maturity Sep-Oct.
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A tree. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk is 1.5 m across. The bark is initially brown and smooth but becomes dark purplish grey and rough and cracked with maturity. The crown is like a pyramid. The leaves are directed forward on the upper side of the small branches. They are spreading on the lower side. They are slightly curved and flattened. They are 1-2 cm long by 1.5-2 mm wide. The seed c ones are green, red or purple brown. They are narrow and oval. They are 3-7 cm long by 2-3.5 cm wide. The seeds are oval or wedge shaped and about 3 mm by 2 mm.
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