Quercus lobata, a native California oak tree, can be seen along coastal highways from Thousand Oaks to the Bay Area. When they start to leaf out in early spring you can really see how their complex branching structures resemble an entire tree, down to each little leaf.

As my friend Eric explains it, you can take a tiny part and imagine it as the whole thing, just tiny, like in the distance. It really does look like a whole tree.