The Herbarium of the Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS in Magadan (MAG) was founded in 1970 and consists of collections of vascular plants, fungi, lichens and bryophytes. The herbarium of vascular plants includes the collections of the Institute staff since 1970, as well as specimens of earlier years (1940-1960) transferred from the land survey expedition. The herbarium is constantly contributed by new collections. The herbarium contains specimens of 1,700+ species of vascular plants. The total number of specimens exceeds 110,000. Mostly, these are collections from the Magadan Region and adjacent territories - Primorye, Kamchatka, Chukotka, the Commander Islands, etc. Vascular plants are arranged according to the Engler's system, genera are assigned numbers according to Dalla Torre, within genera - alphabetically. The geographical principle of location is also maintained. An electronic catalog of herbarium labels exists for individual families and genera. Since 2006, all new collections of plants have been entered into the catalog.