Thalictrum dioicum
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Common Name(s):
Early meadow rue
Flowering Time:
May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Seeds appear full and light green; release readily from plant
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Late May to early June
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry for short time, but seed loses viability moderately fast with dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
Medium
Notes
Mature transplants added to a woodland degraded by cattle grazing in Wisconin were "healthy" in the six years that the plants were monitored, and with low mortality; the authors did not report whether they reproduced (Ellarson and Craven 1982) .
Seed output <25/plant; Roots fibrous; no vegetative spread (Sperka 1973, Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991); self-sows (Cullina 2000).
