Blue Cohosh
Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.
Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.
This month National Geographic has a feature on ginseng emphasizing violence and crime. While theft is an important challenge, the plant faces many other challenges as well. I have written a “top twenty” list explaining 20 of my favorite ginseng factoids. Please read my story on medium here.
A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings
Ginseng for consumption for sale
The last Male Northern White Rhino died yesterday. Like rhinos, wild American Ginseng is protected by CITES (convention on international trade in endangered species). Male White Rhinos are now extinct. Is Ginseng next? Wild American Ginseng is the last truly wild root on the planet. It is considered an indicator species for the health of…
Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.