This is an evergreen coniferous tree species that is common in British Columbia
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General:
Large tree, up to about 60 m tall; mature trees generally fluted and buttressed at the base; branches tend to spread, or droop slightly and then upturn; the branchlets spray-like, strongly flattened horizontally; bark ridged and fissured, readily tearing off in long thin strips; wood aromatic; growing 'tip' (leader) drooping.
Leaves:
Scalelike, somewhat overlapping, closely pressed to stem, in opposite pairs; glossy yellowish-green, turning brown and shedding with age.
Cones:
Seed cones green when immature, brown, egg-shaped, and 8-10 mm long when mature; pollen cones minute and reddish, numerous.
Notes:
This is the provincial tree of BC.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Blooming Period:
Mid Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
718 | 0 | 2750 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 410 |
Aspect (degrees) |
256 | 0 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
11006 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(258), CWH(3985), ESSF(620), ICH(5032), IDF(474), MH(36), MS(144), PP(9), SBS(89) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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