Phyiologta (May 1990) 68(5):333-362. THE VASCULAR FLORA OF THREE WILDLIFE REFUGES IN CAMERON PARISH, LOUISIANA Bryan E. Button Department of Botany, University of Maryland, CoUege Park, Maryland 20742-5815 U.S.A. & R. Dale Thomas Department of Biology, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana 71209-0502 U.S.A. ABSTRACT Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge and Sabine National Wildlife Refuge are located in Cameron Parish while Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and Gaune Preserve is situated in the southeast corner of Cameron Parish and the southwest corner of Vermilion Parish. The vascular flora of these three refuges (or portions which occur in Cameron Parish) was surveyed and collections were made from September 1983 to April 1985. Voucher specimens of these collections are housed in the North-east Louisiama University Herbariimi. Specimens previously collected and housed in the herbaLrium at Northeast Louisiana University were examined and have been included in this siirvey. Records from perti-nent literatiire cire also included. Names of the 586 species representing 119 families found on at least one of the three refuges have been com-piled into an annotated list. The list includes the number of species in each refuge for each category and a voucher or reference for each refuge citation. KEYWORDS: Floristics, wildlife refuges, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. INTRODUCTION Cameron Parish, in the southwesternmost corner of Louisiana, includes Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, a large portion of Rockefeller Wildlife 333
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