Evergreen, 4 to 6 inches long, with two needles per fascicle that snap cleanly when doubled.
Flower
Monoecious; males almost round, light red, in large clusters at branch tips; females a round, short cone, reddish-brown.
Fruit
Cones are ovoid, broad near the base and tapering to a point at thetip; 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long. The apophysis is chestnut brown and the umbois not armed. Maturing August to October.
Twig
Medium textured, orange-brown in color with orange-brown buds.
Bark
On young trees, red-brown or pink to gray, flaky. Eventually becoming plated, the plates have scaly surfaces.
Form
A medium-size tree with an ovoid crown and a clear bole. Foliage is tufted,resembling a fox tail.
Copyright 2019 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental
Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen,
Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson;Silvics reprinted from Ag
Handbook 654; range map source information
