State Reserves

 "Erebuni State Reserve"

Year of establishment – 27.05.1981 (ArmSSR Council of Ministers Decree No.324). In the structure of <<Reserve Park Complex>> SNCO without legal entity status
Occupied area- 89 ha
Departmental subordination – the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia
Location – Eastern vicinities of Yerevan City, slopes of destructed fold mountains, nearby villages Shorbulakh and Geghadir, on the junction of mountainous steppes and semideserts, western xerophyte mountainous slopes. 1300-1400 m above sea level
Protected object - Mountainous xerophytes endemic and unique natural complexes including more than 100 varieties of wild cereals (wheat, rye, barley), 293 species of vascular plants, 9 species of reptiles, 50 species of birds, 13 species of mammals.

"Khosrov Forest State Reserve"

Year of establishment – 13.09.1958 (ArmSSR Council of Ministers Decree No. P-341)
Occupied area- 23878 ha
Departmental subordination – the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia
Location – Central Armenia, Ararat Marz. Slopes of Gegham Mountain Range, Urts and Yeranos Ranges, Azat and Vedi River Basins. 700 - 2800 m above sea level
Protected object - Dry, open woodland and fryganoid and semi-desert landscapes, unique flora and fauna associations 1800 species of vascular plants (more than 50% of the flora of Armenia), 210 species of vertebrate animals (including 60 endemic species)