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Hugh provided a nice pick of a wild ginseng plant. Below is another from my area.
I harvested hundreds of wild ginseng plants this fall, and do that every year (since around 1976).
The tallest plant that I have ever found was in the 24\"-30\" height range. Note - I live in Tennessee.
In the mountains in the east, it does get a little taller than that. 36\" tall is a monster plant height wise and very unusual to see.
The plant below was one of the tallest I harvested this year and it was in the 20\" range.
Notice the look of the top, the berries, the shape of the leaves. Nothing at all like your top.
TNhunter