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Wild ginseng grows best in moist, rich hardwood forests like those found in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Collectors are asked to select plants that have four or more leaf-prongs and abundant red berries, an indication that the plant is at least four years old.
Go where the ginseng grows. Ginseng is native to eastern hardwood forests of North America, from southern Canada (Ontario and Quebec), west to South Dakota and Oklahoma, and south to Georgia. 1 Ginseng is also commercially grown outside its natural distribution in Oregon and Washington.