A native evergreen tree from central Arizona.  Foliage green to blue gray.  Bark is rough, exfoliating in flat sheets and leaving a beautiful, clearly red, smooth, polished underbark.  Wood and foliage is very aromatic.  Leaves are scalelike and glaucous.  Seed cones are subglobose to broadly ellipsoid 1/2" to 1 1/2" long.  It tolerates hot, dry conditions with ease and has a moderate to fast growth rate.