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

Large Four-Prong with 21 Leaflets

Large four-prong Ginseng plant with new 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.

George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team

Sam Lindemann researches in the field.

Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.