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The most popular habitat where wild ginseng is found is throughout the Appalachian and Ozark region. In USDA zone maps, ginseng can grow in zones 3 through 7.
All ginseng dug in Ohio must be certified before it leaves the state of Ohio. Contact your nearest Division of Wildlife District Office to find out when and where to have ginseng certified. Note there is a certification fee of $3 per pound.
16 wrz 2020 · Ohio’s ginseng harvest season opened Sept. 1. Learn more about the state’s regulations, as well as, how to find, harvest and dry American ginseng.
Certain species of trees, such as tulip-poplar, sugar maple, and black walnut are indicators of productive ginseng sites. The following understory plants can also indicate potential high-quality ginseng sites: goldenseal, bloodroot, trillium, wild ginger, jack-in-the-pulpit, spicebush, and ferns.
Wild-simulated ginseng production requires little capital to get started; however, you must have a woodland with suitable ginseng sites in order to produce wild-simulated ginseng. To ensure adequate drainage, ginseng is usually planted on slight to moderate slopes.
American ginseng is a long-lived perennial plant that grows in woodlands throughout the mountain areas of the Eastern Unites States and Canada. Plants come up in early spring, produce small greenish-yellow flowers and green fruit in mid-summer, which mature to bright red. Plants die back in the fall.
Federal and state laws do not distinguish wild-simulated ginseng from truly wild ginseng. The rules and regulations that govern ginseng in Ohio can be found at wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/licenses-and-permits/specialty-licenses-permits#tabr2 or in the Ohio Revised Code sections 1533.86–1533.99.
