Large Four-Prong Ginseng Plant with Green Berries
Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.
Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.
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.
Maidenhead Ferns grow in similar environments to ginseng, and they have the coolest black stems.
Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…
George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team
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…
Large Four-Prong with Green Berries