Eric Burkhart
Program Director, Appalachian Botany and Ethnobotany, Shaver's Creek Environmental Center

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3400 Discovery Road
Petersburg, PA 16669 - epb6@psu.edu
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Leaves Phenology Alkaloids Forest Farming Harvest Date Wild Plants Citizen Scientists Panax Harvest Hydrastis Shrub Wild Plant Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Panax Quinquefolius Citizen Planting Allium Tricoccum Hydrastis Canadensis Shrubs Benzylisoquinolines Canadine Hydrastine Bulbs Forest Plants Appalachian RegionMost Recent Publications
Ramp (Allium tricoccum Ait.) weight differs across the harvest season: implications for wild plant stewardship and forest farming
Sarah E. Nilson, Eric P. Burkhart, R. Teal Jordan, Joshua D. Lambert, 2022, Agroforestry Systems
The identification of mesophytic cove sites in Pennsylvania.
Calvin Norman, Eric Burkhart, Kathryn Schmidt, Ephraim Zimmerman, 2021,
Goods from the woods: ramps Allium tricoccum, a popular edible non-timber forest product with growing commercial appeal.
Eric Burkhart, Cathryn Pugh, Cassie Stark, 2021, Pennsylvania Forests on p. 37
Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry<sup>1</sup>
Eric Burkhart, Grady Zuiderveen, Sarah Nilson, Catherine Pugh, S Nilson, Grady Zuiderveen, 2021, Economic Botany on p. 126-143
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid content in goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) is influenced by phenological stage, reproductive status, and time-of-day
Grady Zuiderveen, E Burkhart, Joshua Lambert, 2021, Phytochemistry Letters on p. 61-67
Promotion of in situ Forest Farmed American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) as a Sustainable Use Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges
Hong Liu, Eric Burkhart, Vivian Chen, Xi Wei, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Citizen scientists record novel leaf phenology of invasive shrubs in eastern U.S. forests
Erynn Maynard-Bean, Margot Kaye, Tyler Wagner, Eric P. Burkhart, 2020, Biological Invasions on p. 3325-3337
Investing in forests and communities: a pathway to sustainable supply of forest farmed herbs
Holly Chittum, Eric Burkhart, John Munsell, Steve Kruger, 2019, Herbalgram on p. 60-77
Wild goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) rhizome/root alkaloid content in relation to colony and harvest stage
Eric Burkhart, Grady Zuiderveen, 2019, Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants on p. 128-140
Ramps: an important forest resource and emerging forest "crop"
Eric Burkhart, 2019, Forest Leaves
Most-Cited Papers
Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry<sup>1</sup>
Eric Burkhart, Grady Zuiderveen, Sarah Nilson, Catherine Pugh, S Nilson, Grady Zuiderveen, 2021, Economic Botany on p. 126-143
Citizen scientists record novel leaf phenology of invasive shrubs in eastern U.S. forests
Erynn Maynard-Bean, Margot Kaye, Tyler Wagner, Eric P. Burkhart, 2020, Biological Invasions on p. 3325-3337
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid content in goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) is influenced by phenological stage, reproductive status, and time-of-day
Grady Zuiderveen, E Burkhart, Joshua Lambert, 2021, Phytochemistry Letters on p. 61-67
Ramp (Allium tricoccum Ait.) weight differs across the harvest season: implications for wild plant stewardship and forest farming
Sarah E. Nilson, Eric P. Burkhart, R. Teal Jordan, Joshua D. Lambert, 2022, Agroforestry Systems
Slipping away? Slippery elm in the herbal marketplace - past, present and future
Eric Burkhart, 2016, Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation on p. 4
American ginseng: a threatened native plant with specialty crop potential
Eric Burkhart, 2014, Keystone Wild Notes on p. 19-22
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) floristic associations in Pennsylvania: Guidance for identifying calcium-rich forest farming sites
Eric Burkhart, 2013, Agroforestry Systems on p. 1157-1172
The identification of mesophytic cove sites in Pennsylvania.
Calvin Norman, Eric Burkhart, Kathryn Schmidt, Ephraim Zimmerman, 2021,
Goods from the woods: ramps Allium tricoccum, a popular edible non-timber forest product with growing commercial appeal.
Eric Burkhart, Cathryn Pugh, Cassie Stark, 2021, Pennsylvania Forests on p. 37
Investing in forests and communities: a pathway to sustainable supply of forest farmed herbs
Holly Chittum, Eric Burkhart, John Munsell, Steve Kruger, 2019, Herbalgram on p. 60-77
News Articles Featuring Eric Burkhart
Nov 08, 2022
Ramped up: Higher demand for wild leeks has foragers overeager, threatens plant
Early spring enthusiasm for ramps — also known as wild leeks — may be causing lower plant yields and threatening communities of the forest herb, according to Penn State researchers.
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Sep 22, 2022
The secret, lucrative world of Pennsylvania’s wild ginseng diggers
Sang, a longtime nickname for the mysterious and lucrative ginseng root, might just be Pennsylvania’s most valuable crop, often selling for hundreds of dollars per pound. Some say the slow-growing root is being exploited, overharvested by deer or greedy newcomers.
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Aug 19, 2021
Researchers help track the growth of ginseng forest farming in Pennsylvania
There is good and bad news about ginseng collection and production in Pennsylvania, and likely much of Appalachia, according to a new study conducted by Penn State researchers.
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Aug 19, 2020
Invasive shrubs in Northeast forests grow leaves earlier and keep them longer
The rapid pace that invasive shrubs infiltrate forests in the northeastern United States makes scientists suspect they have a consistent advantage over native shrubs, and the first region-wide study of leaf timing, conducted by Penn State researchers, supports those suspicions.
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Jul 15, 2020
Ecology Institute announces grant recipients
The Ecology Institute has awarded 11 proposals from across the University as part of its Flower Grant program, including five projects submitted by faculty at Commonwealth Campuses.
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Jan 08, 2020
Demand for ginseng is creating a ‘wild west’ in Appalachia
With poachers cashing in on the Chinese appetite for American ginseng, growers are arming up.
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Nov 25, 2019
Forest farms could create market for ginseng, other herbs
A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia to make the opaque, unstable and unjust supply chain for forest medicinal plants such as ginseng sustainable, according to a team of researchers who have studied the market for more than a decade.
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