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Claytonia

@claytoniastl.bsky.social

These are American Ginseng seedlings & Im so excited because we need to help this endangered species. Since the 1800s medicinal ginseng demand has been so high that our native species has been decimated from over harvest & export (legal & not) #americanginseng #Panaxquinquefolius #ethicallysourced

April 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Ontario Land Trust Alliance

@onlandtrust.bsky.social

We had a fantastic day of learning last week with Tharanya
Ravikumaran, Nature Reserves Stewardship Coordinator at @ontarionature.bsky.social and Shaun
Thompson!

Land trust staff sharpened their skills in identifying, monitoring and protecting #AmericanGinseng.

#OntarioPlants
#protectSAR

February 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM

Kate @ Rouge Aerie

@rougeaerie.bsky.social

The new collectible edition hardcover of Blackcloak came out looking ✨Amazing✨.

Cover art and interior icon illustrations are by Benjamin Drake (americanginseng on Instagram). Please go check him out, and check out the book itself on Amazon!

#BookSky
💙📚

mybook.to/BlackcloakHa...

A hardback book sits on a backdrop of red velveteen. The book is artificially worn, with an illustration made to look like a paste-up over the "original" binding. The paste-up style illustration has torn edges and curled corners, and depicts a young man with dark hair and three overlapping faces, a sword hovering between his hands. He is surrounded by a border of icons. Small, red text on the cover reads "Blackcloak" and "A Man of his sword" with "W. James Chan" at the bottom right of the main illustration.

The same hardback book from the first image sits on a backdrop of red velveteen at a slight angle so the binding can be seen. Similar to the paste-up on the front, two strips of paper have been "adhered" over the original title and symbols of the book, with the title "BLACK CLOAK" and "W. James Chan" printed on them in red.

A hardback book sits on a backdrop of red velveteen. The book is artificially worn, and has a centred, stylised lower-case "f" on it. The ISBN and barcodes are at the bottom right near the spine.

A hardback book sits on a backdrop of red velveteen, laid open to page 197. The header text reads "Blackcloak", while two lines near the top of the page say "Chapter 10: Attraction" and "ONE, TWO, THREE". Below the text is an icon of two rats in a circle opposing one another, with a stick laid between. The text on the page below the icons includes the first paragraph of Blackcloak's Chapter 10.

September 25, 2024 at 2:04 AM

Horticulture Research

@horticulturer.bsky.social

First T2T genome of American ginseng unveiled, revealing flavonoid biosynthesis secrets & fruit color mechanisms, boosting medicinal research. #AmericanGinseng #Genomics @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/u...