Ep. 381 - American Ginseng Revisited
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What is American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) and why is it becoming increasingly rare in North American forests. In this episode, we revisit a conversation I had back in 2015 with Dave DeViney, a scientist deeply passionate about this plant. As you will hear, despite being highly valued in the herbal trade, surprisingly little is known about this plant an its ecology. This episode was produced in part by Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefense of Plants podcast, the official podcast of Indefensiveplants.com. |
| 0:05.8 | What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? |
| 0:09.8 | Before we begin, I just want to say a big thank you to all of my patrons over at patreon.com slash |
| 0:15.6 | In Defensive Plants. If you're enjoying the show, you have to thank them as well because I could not be doing this. |
| 0:21.0 | And I mean that without their financial contribution each and every month. |
| 0:24.9 | My patrons make this show possible. |
| 0:26.9 | So thank you to all of you that have signed up to support it. |
| 0:30.0 | But today, we are revisiting a topic that I first covered back in June of 2015. |
| 0:36.2 | Where does time go? |
| 0:40.1 | And that topic is American ginseng, |
| 0:46.5 | Panax, Kinkofolius. I'm sure many of you have heard about ginseng via supplements or herbalism, |
| 0:53.1 | but what many fail to realize is just how much pressure that trade puts on this amazing species. |
| 0:55.6 | And with new stories coming out in recent weeks about the plight of American ginsing being so bad in areas of eastern North America that |
| 1:01.1 | moratoriums have had to be put on wild harvesting, I think it's time to revisit this subject. |
| 1:06.6 | This was a conversation I had with a man named Dave Davinny. He's a truly fascinating human being, and that early on, it was one of those conversations |
| 1:14.3 | that made me want to jump all in on doing a plant-based podcast. |
| 1:18.2 | It was a lot of fun, and I'm really happy to revisit it. |
| 1:20.3 | So let's just jump right in. |
| 1:21.6 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dave Divini. |
| 1:24.6 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:39.4 | Thank you. with Dave Devaney. I hope you enjoy. So have you lived this area your whole life? |
| 1:42.4 | I have. |
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