TOPIC: I am new to seng hunting... never seen any before. Is this seng

Hillbilly, I didn't see that picture before my reply to the post, but you shouldn't feel like a dummy... even after I read ukfan's reply I still had to give a second look. that looks like creeper!!! but it is sang.

I agree UKfan Hillbilly & jaychris that one was a ginseng leaf...

Well Lonnie congrats on your find and welcome to the ginseng addiction lol you are hooked for life.......

Hey, Billy. Didn't I see you on youtube hunting sang with your son?

yeah billy you must be the one with the great plants on you tube. check my plants on ebay this week, maybee you will have some comments, Vermonts best, big time!

Thanks E1 for your help.... you are right I am hooked...lol... found a bunch of chiggers as well....lol.... Hey do deer eat seng??

the one that was too close in the picture is seng....lol...I went looking online for a close up shot of just the stem and went out to take a second look with picture in hand...

No missunderstanding....so how are you doing hillbilly????.... Well I am going to be heading out today to scope out some more seng...lol....I was so bad that lastnight I went out with a flashlight....lol.... My wife is going nutta here gecause when I came back in from the wods I was extremely hopped up over finding the two plants....lol

lonnie your icon photo is most definitely virginia creeper. The nice pic with 5 leaflets is most definitely wild sarsaparilla, a good 'seng look alike. See the lower two leaflets opposite each other on the stem? Ginseng's five leaflets all are radial, coming off the stem at the same point, like the creeper. If the red berries were on jack-in-the-pulpit, you'd pretty much recognize the leaves and the rest of the plant habit. jack is a whole dif'ernt character. I have plenty of all three, but alas, no ginseng.

ebrown wrote:

lonnie your icon photo is most definitely virginia creeper. The nice pic with 5 leaflets is most definitely wild sarsaparilla, a good 'seng look alike. See the lower two leaflets opposite each other on the stem? Ginseng's five leaflets all are radial, coming off the stem at the same point, like the creeper. If the red berries were on jack-in-the-pulpit, you'd pretty much recognize the leaves and the rest of the plant habit. jack is a whole dif'ernt character. I have plenty of all three, but alas, no ginseng.

ebrown.... according to the pics of the stems that I found online they matched up perfectly.... I will post the icon pic so you can get a better look....

Virginia Creeper.... the one as my icon is not on a vine...I have attached a pic of what a creaper looks like