Making Sure That the Plants Identified Are Ginseng By Digging Up a Plant, Tasting, and Examining the Root

Bob Beyfuss holding a fully wild root dug from ginseng bowl area above Coal Creek.

Sam Lindemann marking Wild Ginseng with flags.

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…

Ginseng for consumption for sale

A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings