The Witches' Spruce is a multi-trunked Norway spruce (Picea abies) growing in Rambynas Regional Park, in the Vilkyškiai Geomorphological Reserve near Vilkyškiai. The spruce has been declared a natural monument, and in 2017 it was chosen as Lithuania's Tree of the Year. Its trunk is about 5 m in girth, and at a height of 80 cm it branched into 18 trunks. On 10 November 2007, after a storm, one of the trunks broke off. In 2024 the spruce was attacked by the spruce bark beetle and dried out, so in spring 2026, for visitors' safety, its crown was lowered, and the stable part of the tree is being left standing as a snag. The spruce is thought to have been 160–180 years old. Legend has it that when it was still a small sapling, Napoleon cut off its top as he rode past, which is why it grew so strangely. According to legend, the young men of the Skalvian tribe used to gather on one of the nearby hillforts – Sidabrakalnis. So that enemies would not spot them at night, they dressed in silver clothes. The marshy hollow nearby, where the eighteen-trunked spruce grows, was said to be home to witches. They would fly in, stick their brooms into the ground and go off to seduce the young men. One pretty young witch fell in love with a handsome youth in silver armour and forgot to return in time. She was late. When she was about to fly off, her broom had already turned green. From then on the tree has been called the Witches' Spruce. Another legend tells that Napoleon crossed the Nemunas in this area. Having lost the war against Russia, he was very angry and, in a fit of rage, swung his sword so hard that he cut off the tops of several pines. He also caught a young spruce growing nearby. Later the spruce grew with eighteen trunks. One more legend recalls the not-too-distant past. Around the summer of 1963, the well-known naturalist Eugenija Šimkūnaitė visited the Vilkyškiai spruce. The tree left an indelible impression on the professor. She joked at the time: when you cut the spruce down, give it to me – I know people call me a witch. The spruce reminded her of a giant broom.