Ginseng
No
No. It is a shrub that grows in certain city in New Zealand.
Ginseng does not grow in the winter. It dies off. Check out Wildgrown.com! It has everything about ginseng... the laws,ppl who buy it,they sell seeds and plants,and they have a forum where ppl talk about ginseng! its great!
no
yes
Yakima
Yes! I work with a fella that lived there for almost 25 years and hunted it every season! Ginseng is one of the herbs that the wildcrafters hunted for in "Where the Lillies Bloom," and it grows throughout Appalachia, including Tennessee.
north America
Ginseng does not grow in Texas according to the natural range maps. If there is any it would most likely be at the northern most edge of east Texas or the panhandle.
almost everywhere in the world
the best place is in appalachia under lots of shade, but is any where in the northeastern north america and also in asia.