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
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).
Seed Cleaning
None required
Storage
Dry for short time, but seed loses viability moderately fast with dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential
Medium