PLANTS Profile for Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng)

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Panax quinquefolius L.
American ginseng

Symbol:

PAQU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Araliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Panax quinquefolius L.

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Distribution:
Panax quinquefolius L.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Panax quinquefolius L.

View 18 genera in Araliaceae, 4 species in Panax

Classification:
Panax quinquefolius L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Araliaceae – Ginseng family
Genus	Panax L. – ginseng
Species	Panax quinquefolius L. – American ginseng

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Panax quinquefolius L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
American ginseng		Special Concern
Maine:
American ginseng		Endangered
Massachusetts:
ginseng		Special Concern
Michigan:
ginseng		Threatened
New Hampshire:
ginseng		Threatened
New York:
ginseng		Exploitably Vulnerable
North Carolina:
ginseng		Special Concern
Pennsylvania:
ginseng		Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
American ginseng		Endangered
Tennessee:
American ginseng		Special Concern, Commercially Exploited