They are linear to lanceolate, and have pale green or white stomatal bands on the undersides.

The plants are dioecious, or rarely monoecious. The catkin like male cones are 2 - 5 mm long, and shed pollen in the early spring. They are sometimes externally only slightly differentiated from the branches. The fertile bracts have 2-8 pollen sacs.

The female 'cones' are highly reduced. Only the upper or uppermost bracts are fertile and bear one or rarely

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