Carnivorous Plant Stamps - Longleaf Pine Forest

Carnivorous Plant Stamps - Longleaf Pine Forest Longleaf Pine Forest, United States 34¢ Block Sheet. Yellow Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia flava Hooded Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia minor Stamp Title: Carnivorous Plants Date of Issue: April 26, 2002 Country: USA Size: sheet 6.75" x 9", each stamp 1.25" x 1.5" Face Value: 34¢ Designer: Ethel Kessler Printer: American Packaging Corp. for Sennett Security Products. Description: Self-adhesive, photogravure printing. Scott Catalog #: 3611a-j. The longleaf pine forest is the largest conifer (cone-bearing) forest east of the Mississippi River. The rough-barked trees grow up to 100 feet tall, with dark green, shiny needles up to 18 inches and cones up to 10 inches long. A mature tree can live 500 years. The longleaf pine forest is home to thousands of species of animals, reptiles, amphibians, and plants. Some are found nowhere else, and some, like the red-cockaded woodpecker, the flatwoods salamander, the gopher tortoise, and the Florida pine snake, ar