Batrakhan Forest Reserve

The Batrakhan Forest Reserve (or Baltyrkan Forest Reserve) is located in Aksy District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan at the area of Aflatun Forestry. It was established in 1975 with a purpose of conservation of Siberian Fir ("Abies sibirica" var. "semenovii"). Among other trees growing in the forest reserve are Schrenk's Spruce ("Picea schrenkiana" subsp. "tianshanica"), Persian walnut ("Juglans regia"), maple ("Acer tataricum" ssp. "semenovii"), wild apple ("Malus sieversii"), etc. The forest reserve occupies 304 hectares.