A row of centuries-old ash trees lines the old Kurtuvėnai road, which used to be used by carts to get to Šiauliai. Some of the trees have already grown old or even withered away. The thickest in this group is a two-trunked giant. It has a base circumference of 4.6 metres and a diameter of 1.5 metres. 

It is known that in the first half of the 19th century, a "miraculous" two-trunked ash tree grew in Lithuania (not this one, though). It was believed that by passing between its trunks one could cure various diseases. Those who recovered would donate generously to the ash tree. Baltic and Scandinavian myths say that the ash tree is descended from a man who was turned into a tree by the gods. Our ancestors valued ash arrows because they were very accurate. Only ash spears were suitable for hunting bears. 

The ash tree is the most demanding of all the trees in Lithuania. Ash trees are mainly found in the Central Plain, as they like moist and calcareous loam. There are only three hectares of ash forests in the Kurtuvėnai Regional Park, where sand and loam predominate. Large ash trees growing in isolated groups are protected as core forest habitats. Rare tiny lichens such as yellow bacidia, white acrocordia and frosted bryophytes can also be found on the bark of the thick ash trees of Skaudviliai.