The ginseng 2023 harvest season is now open and will continue through Wednesday, November 30.
Observing the legal season and regulations helps preserve Appalachia’s threatened and endangered wild ginseng, the West Virginia Division of Forestry reminds the public.
Harvesting pulls up the ginseng root, ending the plant’s ability to replace itself with new generations. To help the herb’s seeds grow, the ginseng gatherers must, by law, plant them at the site where the root was…
