The fragments of Savannah-like arid landscapes at dry hills, table-lands and in semi-deserts are the most optimal breeding habitats of Cinereous Vulture in Central Transcaucasus

In south-western Asia and Central Asia such temperate dry forests are at present found in very small parts of Anatolia, extending to the east to Tajikistan, eastern Afghanistan, and a few dry parts of the western Himalayas. In the Vashlovani Nature Reserve these forests contain a high number of "Mediterranean" elements, such as Juniperus foetidissima, Juniperus rufescens, Jasminum fruticans, Periploca graeca, Punica granatum and Cotinus coggyria, along with Central Asiatic elements as Pistacia mutica and Caragana grandifolia, whereas Euro-Siberian elements, like Euonymus verrucosus and Cornus sanguinea are restricted to more humid gorges.

All known nests of Cinereous Vulture in central part of Northern Caucasus were found in pine forests in middle- and high mountain forests