Tree discovery systems and methods are disclosed. An example of a method is carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method may include identifying in computer-readable medium a first node for a system under consideration, each node in the computer-readable medium representing a characteristic of a component. The method may include selecting at least a second node from the computer-readable medium for the first node. The method may include discovering in the computer-readable medium at least one system tree for the system under consideration based on the first node and the at least second node.