| General Description | A large, long-lived pine (250 years) with a narrow, dense dropping crown. |
| Landscape | An important species for protecting watersheds, rehabilitating mountain landscapes and wildlife habitat. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark is smooth and grey in colour with the young trees covered in resin blisters. As the tree ages, the mature bark becomes greyish-brown and scaly. |
| Leaf Description | The needle-like leaves are 2.5 - 4 cm long, curve upwards on the branch and are greyish-green to blue-green in colour with rounded or notched apex. |
| Flower Description | Male cones are small, bluish in colour while the female cones are 6 - 10 cm long, dark purple in colour and are borne at the top of the tree standing erect above the branches. |
| Fruit Description | Ripe female cones have fan-shaped cone scales, slightly longer than broad with short, spoon-shaped bracts. |