Plants are leafy and spiny, treelike, shrubby, and often scrambling. "Armatocereus" species are columnar cacti, bushlike or treelike, with cylindrical upright branched stems. "Echinopsis atacamensis" has a tall columnar habit, sometimes forming branches and becoming treelike. The vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub is common along waysides. The 128 species range from large and treelike types to small globose cacti. "Sambucus racemosa" is often a treelike shrub growing tall. "Ceanothus spinosus" is a large treelike shrub approaching in maximum height. It is an evergreen shrub which can reach tall by broad, and can become treelike. "Quercus turbinella" is a shrub growing in height but sometimes becoming treelike and exceeding . It is a treelike shrub reaching up to . At maturity it has a branched, treelike habit, and may be up to tall. It has a segmented or treelike structure, going from one father to many offspring. Lichtenberg used its discharges to create the strange treelike marks known as Lichtenberg figures. Christie found translucent arborescent (treelike) crystals, with vitreous luster. The treelike nature of a tree is therefore independent of its physical form.