Growing and marketing ginseng, goldenseal and other woodland medicinals
By: Jeanine Davis and W. Scott Persons
Contributors: Persons, W. Scott, 1945-
Edition: Revised and updated.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780865717664
Subjects: Goldenseal; American ginseng; Medicinal plants
Description: "Practical advice for cultivating woodland botanicals for personal use, cash crops, landscape plants, or medicinals. Covers the history, production, uses, and marketing of fourteen forest herbs: American ginseng, bethroot, black cohosh, bloodroot, blue cohosh, false unicorn, galax, goldenseal, mayapple, pinkroot, ramps, spikenard, wild ginger, and wild indigo. Fully illustrated"--Provided by publisher of previous edition.
Notes: Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American ginseng; title: A ginseng grower's manual; title: Other species of green gold : Goldenseal and ramps; title: There are many other woodland medicinals you can grow; title: Growing woodland medicinals in the home garden; title: Sustainable wild-harvesting; title: App. 1. Forest botanicals bought and sold in the United States and Canada; title: App. 2. Prices paid for forest botanicals from 2004 through 2013; title: App. 3. Interesting and helpful calculations, tables, and miscellaneous information; title: App. 4. Good agricultural, collection, and manufacturing practices; title: App. 5. Joe-Ann McCoy's disease list.