Wild American Ginseng

Maidenhead Ferns

October 5, 2022October 26, 2023

Maidenhead Ferns grow in similar environments to ginseng, and they have the coolest black stems.

Wild American Ginseng

Sam Inspects New Spring Growth from Transplanting

ByGeorge Lindemann December 10, 2021October 26, 2023

Sam Inspects New Spring Growth from Transplanting

Wild American Ginseng

Wild Ginseng Root

ByGeorge Lindemann October 20, 2022October 26, 2023

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

Wild American Ginseng

Large Four-Prong Ginseng Plant with Green Berries

ByTiffany Crockett January 20, 2022October 26, 2023

Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.

Wild American Ginseng

Ginseng Season on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

ByTiffany Crockett September 8, 2021October 27, 2023

September 1 is the beginning of ginseng season on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Towards the end of the summer the plant has produced seeds which fall of the stem, and some, two years latter become new ginseng plants. Wild American Ginseng is a threatened species, and is protected by the United Nations CITES treaty. Because of…