Wild American Ginseng

Replanting Two Prong Ginseng

November 7, 2022October 26, 2023

Bob Beyfuss dug up this two prong to prove how old it was, and then replanted it.

Wild American Ginseng

Intact Ginseng Root at Coal Creek

ByGeorge Lindemann October 31, 2022October 26, 2023

Bob Beyfuss digs another root from the ginseng bowl area.

Wild American Ginseng

Maidenhead Ferns

ByTiffany Crockett October 5, 2022October 26, 2023

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

Wild American Ginseng

Blue Cohosh

ByGeorge Lindemann October 24, 2022October 26, 2023

Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.

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…