The collection includes selected items published by the Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences. These are maps of plant communities for particular areas (from the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s). They are stand-alone publications or illustrations to journal articles: Nature Conservation, Studia Naturae. Moreover, there are historical maps in the collection. These are tactical maps of Poland developed by the General Staff of the Polish Army, based on pre-war Polish maps - available in the public domain.