Figure 6.3 Ginseng Flowers

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Figure 6.3: Ginseng, a popular health supplement, is valued as a non-timber forest product in parts of Appalachia. Due to loss of mature forests as well as opportunistic harvesting, ginseng populations are in decline.

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Immature ginseng flowers in a forest in north-central West Virginia. Growing tall with white bell-shaped flower buds at the end, surrounded by long thick blades of green leaves.

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