Flora of North America species comparison

furrowed and flaking into red- to purple-brown scales.

reddish brown, scaly, with deep furrows between flat, flaky, cinnamon-colored plates.

horizontal, occasionally pendulous, persistent on trunk when dead;

twigs strongly white- to yellow-tomentose for 2–3 years.

horizontal, occasionally drooping in lower crown of open-grown trees;

twigs orange-brown, initially pubescent, becoming glabrous or very sparsely pubescent during first year.

tomentose, scale margins ciliate.

dark brown, generally puberulent, scale margins erose.

of short shoots 2–3.5cm × 0.6–0.8mm, 0.4–0.6mm thick, keeled abaxially, 2-angled adaxially;

resin canals 40–80µm from margins, each surrounded by 6–10 epithelial cells.

of short shoots 2–5cm × 0.65–0.80mm, 0.4–0.6mm thick, keeled abaxially, with shallow convex midrib adaxially, pale green;

resin canals 20–50 µm from margins, each surrounded by 5–7 epithelial cells.

cones 2.5–4(–5) × 1.1–1.9cm, on curved stalks 3–7 × 2.5–4mm;

scales 45–55, margins erose, abaxial surface tomentose;

bracts tipped by awn 4–5mm, exceeding mature scales by ca. 6mm.

cones 2–3 × 1.3–1.6cm, on curved stalks 2.5–4.5 × 3.5–5mm;

scales 45–55, margins entire, adaxial surface pubescent;

bracts tipped by awn to 3mm, exceeding scales by ca. 4mm.

78–93µm diam.

71–84µm diam.

=24.