Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ginseng plant with berries in fall, Whitesville, W.Va. Lyntha Scott Eller/Library of Congress, CC BY-ND Across Appalachia, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ginseng harvest season in Virginia begins on Sept. 1. For those interested in collecting this valued plant, there’s several regulations to be aware of — because violating them ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Ginseng hunting season is getting started, but the U.S. Forest Service said it would be paused in two national forests this year to preserve the wild ginseng population. In a release ...

Even though George Albright has been digging "sang" in his native West Virginia with a homemade "sanging hoe" since he was 12 years old, he doesn't use ginseng himself. Ken Sherman Tom Carte's harvest ...

Wild American ginseng may be a small root, but it is the center of a big industry. The small wild root, which grows in the forest of many eastern states, has also caused quite a bit of trouble for the ...

In the late 1800s, rural Appalachians and indigenous people built a multimillion dollar industry out of folk botany, shared forest stewardship and business cunning. Across the region, independent ...

Sep. 17—In more than three decades of combing the woods of Schuylkill County, Dennis "Pap" Knauss has yet to see a wild ginseng plant. "In all my years on the trail, I've never seen wild ginseng," ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Editor’s note: The fascinating history of American ginseng and the many people involved in its current cultivation, harvest, trade, medicinal use, ...

Some of you may be aware of the fact that I have been studying and conducting research on American Ginseng for the past 30 years. I have been very fortunate to receive some nice media attention on ...

How can closely related plant species occur on two continents, thousands of miles apart? This distribution pattern is known as disjunction, and it’s a particular area of interest for Dr. Jun Wen, an ...

EAST LIVERPOOL – As a dealer of ginseng, Mitchell McCullough considers himself part of an American tradition going back to Daniel Boone. He’s been involved in the ginseng trade since the age of 18, ...