TOPIC: Interesting Reading From FWS

Found a few good articles about Ginseng.

This one talks about Woodland planting over the past 10 years: 6-17 million seeds planted.

www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/...ng%20sustainable.pdf

Then there is some other ones on this page along with some good Power Point Presentations.

www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/plants/ginseng.html

classicfur

Here's a good article on the concern of making Wild simulated ginseng a seperate catagory from Wild.

www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/...06ginsengfinding.pdf

classicfur

That's a pretty healthy read. I'm going to print it off so I can read it a little bit at a time.

As for how I personally classify roots, if I have an area that I know I planted berries in from a previous dig, it's wild as far as I'm concerned. To me, touching a berry and moving it over a foot and putting it into the ground is the same as a bird taking a berry and dropping it somewhere. Now all those stratified seeds I planted, I'll definately call them wild simulated. I ordered berries from some place else, took the time to clear and work the land, and will monitor the site to make sure everything is going well.

On the above link about Wild Simulated, Check out pg 15-17 List # 46-54

That is the section that talks about the need for a seperate gatagory for Wild Simulated.

classicfur