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Title: is this yellow root
Post by: WV TURKEY THUG on April 18, 2013, 06:43:43 PM
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y478/yotehunter68/2013-04-18170455_zpsc7baa859.jpg)
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: jblackburn on April 18, 2013, 07:01:17 PM
Nope.  This is yellow root (golden seal). Used to dig it all the time. I cannot tell you what is in your pic, but it's not it.  Close, though.
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: wbralo on April 18, 2013, 07:02:52 PM
looks like it too me.
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: redarrow on April 18, 2013, 07:08:24 PM
What do you fellas do with yellow root ?
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: jblackburn on April 18, 2013, 07:11:23 PM
Quote from: redarrow on April 18, 2013, 07:08:24 PM
What do you fellas do with yellow root ?

I used to dig and sell the dried roots. Similar to what folks do with ginseng. I'm not sure what it is supposed to cure/prevent, but I used to sell the roots for over $30 per pound before companies started cultivating it.  It is also called golden seal and you used to see the capsules in pharmacies. 
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: ghillie on April 18, 2013, 08:38:47 PM
It looks to me like Podophyllum Peltatum... Mayapple
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: WV TURKEY THUG on April 18, 2013, 09:08:30 PM
That's what I kinda thought it was but wasn't 100 percent sure. Thanks guys
Title: Re: is this yellow root
Post by: redarrow on April 18, 2013, 09:18:34 PM
I though mayapple too.
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