Deciduous tree 30 m tall, Trunk round, straight, with long, horizontally spreading first order branches, and short, slender, drooping second order branches. Crown is conical, dense, becoming irregular. Bark smooth and red-brown on young trees, becoming first scaly and later fissured, dark brown weathering to gray. Shoots reddish, smooth between prominent grooves, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Needles 40 (- 50) in bunches, strengths brachyblasts reddish, blue-green, 25-35 mm large. Natural range: East Asia vulcanos.