Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 158 - Natural Resources Department
Chapter 6282 - GINSENG
Part 6282.0500 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR HARVESTING WILD GINSENG

Subpart 1. Restriction on green roots.

A person may not sell, purchase, or possess any green roots of wild ginseng, except during the open season.

Subp. 2. Restriction on exportation.

A dealer licensed under part 6282.0400 may not carry, ship, or export out of the state any ginseng grown in Minnesota, whether wild or artificially propagated, without first presenting the ginseng to a conservation officer who must inspect it and attach to each container or package a label provided and signed by the officer verifying the contents, and containing the following information:

Subp. 3. Harvest restrictions on wild ginseng.

A person may not harvest, dig, or disturb any wild ginseng plant unless the plant has at least three prongs (leaves) with five leaflets each.

Subp. 4. Removing and planting seeds.

Immediately after digging or removing any wild ginseng plant, the digger must remove all of the seeds from the plant's berries and plant them in the area where the plant was dug. Seeds must be planted by removing surface litter, planting each seed at a depth of one-half inch in the underlying soil, and replacing the surface litter over the planting site.