Plant
- Groundcover to shrub to tree
- Needled evergreen
- Numerous species
Twig
- Needles opposite or whorled
- Twigs green when young, maturing to brown
Leaf
- Two types of needles
- Juvenile: awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, individual needles
- Mature: scale-like, blunt, overlapping, appressed to stem
Fruit
- Small, up to ½" long
- Bluish, waxy globose cones when young, maturing to brown
