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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.
Ginseng is worth over $2 million a year to residents of the Mountain State, and the potential sales could realistically be 20 times that amount.â Ginseng has been harvested as a cash crop in West Virginia for at least 200 years. In 2002, more than 6,400 pounds of ginseng, worth more than $2 million, were dug in West Virginia. According to the state Division of Forestry, West Virginia ginseng sells for an average of $250 a pound, but prices vary widely depending on supply and demand factors and the quality of the harvested roots.