LEAVES: gray-green, glaucous, appearing blue-green, sometimes sparsely resin-covered. SEED CONES: 10-25 mm long. NOTES: See also parent taxon. Canyon bottoms and mountain slopes; Madrean evergreen woodland, chaparral, riparian woodland; Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, and Yavapai cos.; 900-2300 m (3000-7500 ft); Nov-Mar; s CA, sw NM, sw TX; Baja C. Norte, Chih., Coah., Dgo., Son., Tamp., and Zac. Mex. Widely planted as a windbreak. REFERENCES: Bartel, Jim A. 1994. Cupressaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27, 195-200.