The Baydamtal Botanical Reserve is located in Tong District

Tong District

Tong is a raion of Issyk Kul Province in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Bokonbayevo.. Tong District borders Issyk Kul District to the north-west, Jeti-Oguz District to the south and south-east, Kochkor District to the south-west, Naryn District to the south, Kemin District to the...

 of Issyk Kul Province

Issyk Kul Province

Issyk Kul Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Province, Kazakhstan , Chui Province , Naryn Province and Xinjiang, China ....

 of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

 in Chu River

Chu River

"Chui River" redirects here. For the South American Chuí or Chuy River, on the Brazil-Uruguay border and Brazil's southernmost point, see Chuí River. For the Nam Sam River or Chu River, on the Lao-Vietnam border, see Nam Sam River....

 flood plain. It was established in 1975 with a purpose of conservation of Nitraria schoberi L., Nitraria sibirica Pall., and Halimodendron

Halimodendron

Halimodendron is a monotypic genus of legume containing the single species Halimodendron halodendron, which is known by several common names, including common salt tree and Russian salt tree. It is native to Russia and southern Asia, but it can be found on other continents where it is an introduced...

 halodendron Pall. Vegetation in the reserve is sparse. The botanical reserve occupies 20 hectares. Among other flora species inhabiting the reserve are Artemisia tianschanica, Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin, Agropyron cristatum

Agropyron cristatum

Agropyron cristatum is a species in the Poaceae family. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control...

 (L.) Gaertn., Astragalus albertii Bunge, etc.