Baltyr-Khan Forest Reserve
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The Baltyr-Khan Forest Reserve ( ky, Балтыр-Хан токой заказниги, also Балтыркан ''Baltyrkan'', russian: Лесной заказник Батраханский) is located in the Avletim rural community,
Aksy District Aksy ( ky, Аксы району) is a Districts of Kyrgyzstan, district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at Kerben, Kyrgyzstan, Kerben. Its area is , and its resident population was 137,103 in 2021. History Aksy District ...
, Jalal-Abad Region,
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
. Established in 1975, it covers 304 hectares. Its purpose is conservation of Siberian Fir ('' Abies sibirica'' var. ''semenovii''). Among other trees growing in the forest reserve are Schrenk's Spruce (''
Picea schrenkiana ''Picea schrenkiana'', Schrenk's spruce, or Asian spruce, is a spruce native to the Tian Shan mountains of central Asia in western China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It grows at altitudes of 1,200–3,500 metres, usually in pure fore ...
'' subsp. ''tianshanica''), Persian walnut ('' Juglans regia''),
maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ...
(''Acer tataricum'' ssp. ''semenovii''), wild apple (''
Malus sieversii ''Malus sieversii'' is a wild apple native to the mountains of Central Asia in southern Kazakhstan. It has recently been shown to be the primary ancestor of most cultivars of the domesticated apple (''Malus domestica''). It was first described as ...
''), etc.


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Protected areas established in 1975 Forest reserves of Kyrgyzstan 1975 establishments in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic {{Asia-protected-area-stub