Across Appalachia, September marks the start of ginseng season, when thousands of people roam the hills searching for hard-to-reach patches of this highly prized plant. Many people know ginseng as an ...

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," ...

(CBS News) Millions of Americans take ginseng for its perceived health benefits. The harvest for wild American ginseng begins this month. It's also high-season for poaching. That's leading to a ...

Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is one of the largest trees in Indiana and the eastern portion of the country. Tulip poplar reaching heights in excess of 50-60 m (160-200 ft) with a diameter at ...

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 ...

Ginseng, or insam as the Koreans call it, is believed to be a medicine and tonic for long life. The medicinal plant was first listed in the earliest Chinese pharmacopoeia - Shen Nong's Chinese Materia ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Landowners who have an established reforestation plot or woodlands area can learn how to diversify it by attending a Purdue Extension field day on growing ginseng. The Ginseng ...

Take an ordinary root. Endow it with restorative capacities and a pungent flavor a bit like sarsaparilla or anise. Make it elusive to capture, and you've got a commodity worthy of myth—and, in the ...