There is a great abundance of volatile-oil-bearing plants in the hills and mountains of Central Asia. For example – these trees, which you see now on the two photographs. The trees were photographed in August, 2010. A friend of mine had a trip to a range of mountains in Southern Kyrgyzstan, it is called Alay range of mountains.

Fir in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan

Juniper growing on a hill slope