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Pennsylvania Ginseng Law and Regulations | Print |  E-mail
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• No license is required to dig wild ginseng on private land in Pennsylvania.

• A commercial license must be obtained from the state by anyone who intends to export from the state any ginseng harvested in Pennsylvania.

The harvest season for wild ginseng in Pennsylvania is August 1 to November 30. Possession of harvested fresh (“green”) ginseng is prohibited from April 1 and August 1.

• Pennsylvania state law requires that all harvested wild ginseng plants have at least 3 prongs of 5 leaflets each, and that plants are collected only when the fruit is red.

• Pennsylvania requires that seeds of collected wild ginseng be planted in the immediate vicinity of the collection site.

• Ginseng may not be harvested on state owned lands in Pennsylvania.

• The PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry, serves as the state’s ginseng coordinator. This office can bereached at (717) 787-3444 or:

6th Floor, Rachel Carson
State Office Bldg.
P.O. Box 8552
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552

• A permit is required to collect ginseng in Allegheny National Forest, which can be contacted at (814) 723-5150 or via mail:

P.O.Box 847
Warren, PA 16368




 
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