Size: tree, 50-60' average height maturity, 20-40' spread
Buds: .5-1" long, abrupt sharp point, light brown, resinous
Leaves: evergreen, 2 needles per fascicle, very dense on branchlets, long (3-5"), flexible (unlike P. resinosa, do not break easily when bent), stiff, thick sharp point, straight or curved, shining dark green
Twigs: yellow-brown, ridged, decurrent lines, roughened by persistent leaf bases
Flowers: monoecious
Fruit: ovoid, conica, 2-3" long, 1-1.25" wide, scales often tipped with a prickle, brown
Bark: dark brown furrows, gray or gray-brown flattened ridges
