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Panax quinquefolius L. American ginseng

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Name Search name search type enter a search name Scientific Name Common Name Symbol State Search Advanced Search Search Help   Alternative Crops Characteristics Classification Culturally Significant Distribution Update Fact Sheets & Plant Guides Invasive and Noxious Weeds Links Plant Materials Publications Threatened & Endangered Wetland Indicator Status     40,000+ Plant Images Submit Your Digital Images     Complete PLANTS Checklist State PLANTS Checklist Advanced Search Download Symbols for Unknown Plants NRCS State GSAT Lists NRCS State Plants Lists PLANTS Posters     Crop Nutrient Tool Ecological Site Information System PLANTS Identification Keys Plant Materials Web Site Other NRCS Tech Resources VegSpec     You are here: Home / PLANTS Profile Printer-Friendly / Plug-Ins PLANTS Profile   Panax quinquefolius L. American ginseng         Symbol:   PAQU   Group:   Dicot   Family:   Araliaceae   Duration:   Perennial   Growth Habit:   Forb/herb   Native Status:   L48    N CAN    N Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file. ©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky . University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements . Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.   More Information: Classification Plant Guide (pdf) (doc) Data Source and Documentation   Images: Panax quinquefolius L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Panax thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery   Distribution: Panax quinquefolius L. View Native Status See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below: USA ( AL , AR , CT , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS, KY , LA , MA , MD, ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK, PA , RI, SC , SD , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV ), CAN (ON, QC)   Related Taxa: Panax quinquefolius L. View 18 genera in Araliaceae , 4 species in Panax   Classification: Panax quinquefolius L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.     Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Apiales Family Araliaceae – Ginseng family Genus Panax L. – ginseng Species Panax quinquefolius L. – American ginseng   Threatened and Endangered Information: Panax quinquefolius L. This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location. Connecticut : American ginseng              Special Concern Maine : American ginseng              Endangered Massachusetts : ginseng              Special Concern Michigan : ginseng              Threatened New Hampshire : ginseng              Threatened New York : ginseng              Exploitably Vulnerable North Carolina : ginseng              Special Concern Pennsylvania : ginseng              Vulnerable Rhode Island : American ginseng              Endangered Tennessee : American ginseng              Special Concern, Commercially Exploited   More Accounts and Images: Panax quinquefolius L. View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29399. View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening. View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn). View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network. View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium. View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.   Related Web Sites: Panax quinquefolius L. Herbal Information Resources IL-Illinois American Ginseng ISHS Acta Horticulturae MI-Michigan Natural Features Inventory MI-Michigan Natural Features Inventory MO-Department of Conservation MO-Missouri Plants NC-Production Guide for North Carolina NY-Varieties of Ginseng and Ginseng Terminology NY-Woodland Ginseng Production (Cornell) PA-Medical Attributes of Ginseng Switzerland-Panax Photo Gallery USDA Economics of Ginseng (NAC) USDA FS Eastern Region-Species Conservation Assessments USDA Ginseng Culture VA-Producing and Marketing Ginseng in Agroforestry WA-Food & Farm Connection     Time Generated: 02/09/2010 05:40 PM MST   PLANTS Home | USDA.gov | NRCS | Site Map | Policies and Links Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 4 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Panax quinquefolius%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Plant") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Panax quinquefolius ID: 0000 0000 0306 1629 [detail] © 2006 Louis-M. Landry Panax quinquefolius Ginseng ID: 0000 0000 0907 0074 [detail] © 2007 George Rembert Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng ID: 0000 0000 0908 0261 [detail] © 2008 Zoya Akulova Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng ID: 0000 0000 0908 0262 [detail] © 2008 Zoya Akulova Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley