Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 28 - Wild plants
Section NR 28.04 - Limitations and restrictions

(1) LIMIT OF PLANTS TO BE HARVESTED. Wild ginseng plants shall be harvested only if they possess 3 or more true leaves and flowering/fruit stalks. The entire stalk, minus the mature fruits, shall be kept with the plant until they are taken to the harvester's home or place of business to enable adequate enforcement.

(2) SEED PLANTING. When harvesting wild ginseng, harvesters shall plant all of the seeds from the harvested plants in the vicinity of the parent plants in a manner which will encourage their germination and growth. Wild seed may not be sold or transported away from the site of the parent plant except by express written permission from the department.

(3) WOODS-GROWN GINSENG. No person may harvest, sell or purchase woods-grown ginseng under the auspices of a wild ginseng license. All woods-grown ginseng is considered 'cultivated ginseng' and is regulated by the cultivated ginseng program under the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 94.50, Stats.

(4) STATE-OWNED LANDS. No person may harvest wild or woods-grown ginseng from any properties owned or administered by the state of Wisconsin.

(5) OTHER LANDS. Persons possessing a valid wild ginseng harvest license may harvest wild ginseng on private lands or public lands not owned by the state only with the permission of the land owner or public land manager.