Lijiang spruce

P. likiangensis is a conical or columnar coniferous tree, to 25m tall, that shows a marked degree of variation within the species. Young shoots are a pale brown or red colour and the bark becomes grey and fissured with age. Its flattened needle-like leaves are 1-2cm long, bluish-green above and glaucous beneath with those on the upper side of the shoot pointing forwards. The ovoid cones, up to 10cm long, are red when young maturing to a pale brown