Stamp Title: Desert Plants
Scott No: 3214
Serial number:2002-14
Values in set: 4
(4-1), Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, 80 fen, 40*30 mm
(4-2), Calligonum rubicandum, 80 fen, 40*30 mm
(4-3), Hedysarum scoparium, 80 fen, 40*30 mm
(4-4), Tamarix leptostachys, 200 fen, 40*30 mm
Denomination: 4.40 yuan
Date of issue: 29th June 2002
Designer: Guo Zhenshan
Size of stamps: 40*30 mm (se-tenant)
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 20
Printing process: photogravure
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

China’s deserts account for 20% of the country’s territory, and are still expanding. The long practice of tackling deserts has proved that protection of desert plants and vegetation is an essential measure to harness the desert. The four species of desert plants shown on the stamps are good plants for fixation of desert sandy soil in different habitats of the desert. Ammopiptanthus mongolicus is a unique evergreen broad-leaf plant growing in the desert, and one of the major endangered species under state key protection in Cina. Calligonum rubicandum is a good plant for fixing sand in the moving desert sandy soil, with a great capacity of spreading seeds. Hedysarum scoparium is pioneer plant for fixing sand in the desert, and nice feed for camel and sheep. Tamarix leptostachys is a good plant for fixing sand in the salinized sandy soil, and popular afforestation plant in the Gobi villages.


2002年特种邮票《沙漠植物》
国家邮政局2002年6月29日发行《沙漠植物》特种邮票1套4枚。
（4-1）T 沙冬青 80分 1315万枚
（4-2）T 红皮沙拐枣 80分 1315万枚
（4-3）T 细枝岩黄蓍[shī] 80分 1315万枚
（4-4）T 细穗柽[chēng]柳 200分 1315万枚
志号：2002-14T
版别：影写
全套面值：440分
整张枚数：20（5×4），竖4枚连印
齿孔度数：12度
邮票规格：40×30毫米
摄影者：潘伯荣、刘家琼
设计者：郭振山
印刷厂：北京邮票厂

注：（4-4）细穗柽柳的正确名称应该是“长穗柽柳”，拉丁文学名为“Tamarix elongata”。

土地荒漠化被列于世界十大环境为题之首，我国是荒漠化最严重的国家之一。长期的治理时将奥苏人们，保护沙漠植物与沙漠植被是治理沙漠的基本前提。邮票中的四种沙漠植物代表了各类沙漠生态环境常见的优良固沙植物，也是戈壁居民常用的绿化植物。