OregonFlora species comparison

2–4.5 cm × 0.5–1 mm; soft; flexible, triangular in cross section;

abaxial surface pale green, keeled;

adaxial surface pale green, with a convex midrib;

apex sharp pointed.

ovate-oblong; less than 1 cm long, yellow, sessile or on short stalks.

3–6 mm long; reddish brown;

wings twice as long as body.

to 2 m in diameter;

bark reddish brown; thin when young; thick and furrowed with age, scaly; flaky;

branches somewhat ascending on upper branches to drooping on lower branches; in forests often without branches for most of height;

twigs stout, orange-brown pubescent when young, becoming glabrous, with prominent leaf pegs.

oblong-ovoid, 2.5–4 cm long; reddish brown; on short curved stalks;

scales ovate;

bracts exserted several millimeters beyond the scales, tipped with awns to 3 mm.

=24.