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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).

Early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) leaves

Early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

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