**Code**: [ALA](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126584) **Organization**: University of Alaska Museum of the North **Location**: Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 280000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1962 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes, and marine algae of Alaska **Geographic coverage**: Circumpolar north; Siberia and Russian Far East **Incorporated herbaria**: Institute of Northern Forestry (U.S. Forest Service), Fairbanks, Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, Barrow., J. P. Anderson collections (30 000 specimens) from ISC in 2004, USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region (TNFS) **Important collectors**: J. P. Anderson, G. W. Argus, A. Batten, W. D. Drury, O. W. Geist, E. O. G. Hultén, A. W. Johnson, H. Krog, D.F. Murray, B.E. Murray, C.L. Parker, A. E. Porsild, H. M. Raup, W. C. Steere **Notes**: Updated Sep 2017 (address, staff added). Updated July 2022 (additional important collectors added). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-07-05 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.