Khosrov Forest State Reserve pear ("Pyrus"), rowan ("Sorbus"). The southern steep sunny and dry slopes are covered by juniper sparse forests. Caucasian oak ("Quercus macranthera") forests can be found at an altitude of 1600–2300 m above sea level, which are rather dense in Khosrov district of the reserve known as "Trchnaberd". Oak forests are accompanied by ash ("Fraxinus excelsior", "Fraxinus rotundifolia"), rowan ("Sorbus aucuparia"), pear ("Pyrus"), maple ("Acer") and others. Bushes are abundant in the forests, represented by different species of wayfaring tree ("Viburnum lantana"), honeysuckle ("Lonicera"), rose ("Rosa"), hawthorn ("Crataegus"). The vegetation in the forests is rich in grass (family "Poaceae" L.). Mountainous
Sorbus reducta Garden Merit. Sorbus reducta Sorbus reducta (铺地花楸), the dwarf Chinese mountain ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to western China (South West Sichuan and North West Yunnan}. Growing to tall by wide, it is a dense deciduous spreading shrub. Each leaf, long, has up to 15 leaflets which turn to brilliant shades of red in the autumn (fall). White flowers in spring are followed by red or pink, and then white berries in autumn. The Latin specific epithet "reducta" means "dwarf", referring to its compact habit. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's