Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.

Habitat: Along the coast, from sea level up to about 2,000 feet in moist valleys.

Cones: May-June

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Wind

A large tree up to 70 m. tall, the bole up to 5 m. in diameter.

Bark very thin, gray-brown to grayish-purple, deciduous in small scales; twigs glabrous.

Needles light green to bluish-green, stiff and sharp, spreading in all directions from the branch, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, flattened, with 2 broad white bands on the upper surface and 2 narrow bands on the lower surface, attached to a raised base.

Staminate cones pendant, red, 10-15 mm. long; ovulate cones 6-9 cm. long, reddish-brown to yellowish-brown, the scales rounded, finely denticulate, rather stiff, the bracts lanceolate, much shorter than the scales and concealed; ovulate cones deciduous as a whole after one season.