Trees to 15 m tall; bark thin, gray or reddish brown, peel-ing off in long strips; crown pyramidal; branches ascending; branchlets 4-6 mm in diam. Leaves lustrous; facial leaves appressed, broadly obovate; lateral leaves ascending, deep greenadaxially, ovate-lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-2.2 mm, with a white stomatal band abaxially, apex obtuse, slightly incurved. Seed cones 1-1.6 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, 4-5 × 3-3.5 mm; wing thick.
In sunny rocky places. A component of conifer and conifer-angiosperm forests from lowland coastal areas to montane sites in regions with a cool, moist climate; at elevations from 300-1,700 metres.
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