Size: tree, 50-60' average height at maturity, spread 20-30'
Buds: minute
Leaves: evergreen, spirally arranged, .25-.75" long, awl-shaped, 4-angled, curving inwards, margins entire, blunt-pointed tips, bright green to bluish green, bronzy in winter
Twigs: green, glabrous, spreading or drooping
Flowers: monoecious, inconspicuous
Fruit: terminal, globular, .5-1", dark brown, 20-30 scales
Bark: reddish brown peeling in long strips