Abundant tree c. 5 m. high and up to 5 dm. thick at base; bark broken up into square pieces. Cones bluish-glaucous.
Original ID: J. pachyphloea Torr. Also annotated as J. deppeana Steud. by R. P. Adams in 2/78, and by B.H. Warnock in 1972 and 1966; and as J. pachyhloea Torr. by M. T. Hall in 1957.