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Books > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Herbs
Wild American Ginseng, America's most famous medicinal plant, is in
trouble. In plain prose, James McGraw explains why as he translates
the latest in ecological and conservation science findings on this
unassuming understory herb. As the world's foremost authority on
wild ginseng, McGraw is uniquely poised to present this story based
on over twenty years of uninterrupted field research. McGraw traces
the dramatic ecological history of ginseng in North America,
documenting the ginseng-centric view of a world increasingly
dominated by both direct and indirect actions of humans. Far more
than a story of a single plant species, ginseng becomes a parable,
a canary in a coal mine, for what is happening to our dwindling
wild species across the globe. Documenting lingchi (death by a
thousand cuts) in human interactions with wild species, McGraw
shows us the evidence of our slowly eroding biodiversity and our
diminishing global biotreasury. Beyond merely documenting our
destruction of nature, McGraw also offers a pathway to an
optimistic future for ginseng and the wild species with whom we
share the planet. He illuminates how a dramatic expansion of our
commitment to sharing the planet with our fellow planetary
companions is the key to preservation; and now is the time to do
so.
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