Wikipedias states: It is a spruce native to western China, from eastern Qinghai, southern Gansuand southwestern Shaanxi south to western Sichuan. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 25-40 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m. The shoots are orange-brown, with scattered pubescence. The leaves are needle-like, 1-2.5 cm long, rhombic in cross-section, greyish-green to bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines. The cones are cylindric-conic, 6-15 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have stiff, rounded to bluntly pointed scales.

Light blue to light green foliage, 3/4" needles; in habit a broad column, narrowing toward the top; Wyman notes that it is very dense because it holds its foliage for as long as 7 years, and that it is an excellent seashore tree; much used by the Chinese for building; native to western China