diff --git a/cl-structures/src/lib.rs b/cl-structures/src/lib.rs
index 69deef0..836cefc 100644
--- a/cl-structures/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cl-structures/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 #![warn(clippy::all)]
 pub mod span;
 
+pub mod tree;
diff --git a/cl-structures/src/tree.rs b/cl-structures/src/tree.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..897dc31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cl-structures/src/tree.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+//! An insert-only unordered tree, backed by a [Vec]
+//!
+//! # Examples
+//! ```
+//! use cl_structures::tree::{Tree, Node};
+//! // A tree can be created
+//! let mut tree = Tree::new();
+//! // Provided with a root node
+//! let root = tree.root("This is the root node").unwrap();
+//!
+//! // Nodes can be accessed by indexing
+//! assert_eq!(*tree[root].as_ref(), "This is the root node");
+//! // Nodes' data can be accessed directly by calling `get`/`get_mut`
+//! assert_eq!(tree.get(root).unwrap(), &"This is the root node")
+//! ```
+
+// #![allow(unused)]
+
+pub use self::tree_ref::Ref;
+use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
+
+pub mod tree_ref;
+
+/// An insert-only unordered tree, backed by a [Vec]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Tree<T> {
+    nodes: Vec<Node<T>>,
+}
+
+impl<T> Default for Tree<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { nodes: Default::default() }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Getters
+impl<T> Tree<T> {
+    pub fn get(&self, index: Ref<T>) -> Option<&T> {
+        self.get_node(index).map(|node| &node.value)
+    }
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self, index: Ref<T>) -> Option<&mut T> {
+        self.get_node_mut(index).map(|node| &mut node.value)
+    }
+    pub fn get_node(&self, index: Ref<T>) -> Option<&Node<T>> {
+        self.nodes.get(usize::from(index))
+    }
+    pub fn get_node_mut(&mut self, index: Ref<T>) -> Option<&mut Node<T>> {
+        self.nodes.get_mut(usize::from(index))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Tree operations
+impl<T> Tree<T> {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self { nodes: Default::default() }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new root for the tree.
+    ///
+    /// If the tree already has a root, the value will be returned.
+    pub fn root(&mut self, value: T) -> Result<Ref<T>, T> {
+        if self.is_empty() {
+            // Create an index for the new node
+            let node = Ref::new_unchecked(self.nodes.len());
+            // add child to tree
+            self.nodes.push(Node::from(value));
+            Ok(node)
+        } else {
+            Err(value)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_root(&mut self) -> Option<Ref<T>> {
+        match self.nodes.is_empty() {
+            true => None,
+            false => Some(Ref::new_unchecked(0)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Insert a value into the tree as a child of the parent node
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// May panic if the node [Ref] is from a different tree
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, value: T, parent: Ref<T>) -> Ref<T> {
+        let child = Ref::new_unchecked(self.nodes.len());
+        // add child to tree before parent
+        self.nodes.push(Node::with_parent(value, parent));
+        // add child to parent
+        self[parent].children.push(child);
+
+        child
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the depth of a node
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// May panic if the node [Ref] is from a different tree
+    pub fn depth(&self, node: Ref<T>) -> usize {
+        match self[node].parent {
+            Some(node) => self.depth(node) + 1,
+            None => 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the number of branches in the tree
+    pub fn branches(&self) -> usize {
+        self.nodes.iter().fold(0, |edges, node| edges + node.len())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Standard data structure functions
+impl<T> Tree<T> {
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.nodes.len()
+    }
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.nodes.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Index<Ref<T>> for Tree<T> {
+    type Output = Node<T>;
+    fn index(&self, index: Ref<T>) -> &Self::Output {
+        self.get_node(index).expect("Ref should be inside Tree")
+    }
+}
+impl<T> IndexMut<Ref<T>> for Tree<T> {
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, index: Ref<T>) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        self.get_node_mut(index).expect("Ref should be inside Tree")
+    }
+}
+
+/// A node in a [Tree]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub struct Node<T> {
+    value: T,
+    /// The parent
+    parent: Option<Ref<T>>,
+    /// The children
+    children: Vec<Ref<T>>,
+}
+
+impl<T> Node<T> {
+    pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self { value, parent: None, children: vec![] }
+    }
+    pub const fn with_parent(value: T, parent: Ref<T>) -> Self {
+        Self { value, parent: Some(parent), children: vec![] }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(&self) -> &T {
+        self.as_ref()
+    }
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        self.as_mut()
+    }
+    pub fn swap(&mut self, value: T) -> T {
+        std::mem::replace(&mut self.value, value)
+    }
+
+    pub fn children(&self) -> &[Ref<T>] {
+        &self.children
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.children.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.children.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> AsRef<T> for Node<T> {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
+        &self.value
+    }
+}
+impl<T> AsMut<T> for Node<T> {
+    fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        &mut self.value
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> From<T> for Node<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self::new(value)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn add_children() {
+        let mut tree = Tree::new();
+        let root = tree.root(0).unwrap();
+        let one = tree.insert(1, root);
+        let two = tree.insert(2, root);
+        assert_eq!([one, two].as_slice(), tree[root].children());
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn nest_children() {
+        let mut tree = Tree::new();
+        let root = tree.root(0).unwrap();
+        let one = tree.insert(1, root);
+        let two = tree.insert(2, one);
+        assert_eq!(&[one], tree[root].children());
+        assert_eq!(&[two], tree[one].children());
+        assert_eq!(tree[two].children(), &[]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn compares_equal() {}
+}
diff --git a/cl-structures/src/tree/tree_ref.rs b/cl-structures/src/tree/tree_ref.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf0997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cl-structures/src/tree/tree_ref.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//! An element in a [Tree](super::Tree)
+///
+/// Contains a niche, and as such, [`Option<TreeRef<T>>`] is free :D
+use std::{marker::PhantomData, num::NonZeroUsize};
+
+/// An element of in a [Tree](super::Tree).
+//? The index of the node is stored as a [NonZeroUsize] for space savings
+//? Making Refs T-specific helps the user keep track of which Refs belong to which trees.
+//? This isn't bulletproof, of course, but it'll keep Ref<Foo> from being used on Tree<Bar>
+pub struct Ref<T: ?Sized>(NonZeroUsize, PhantomData<T>);
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Ref<T> {
+    /// Constructs a new [TreeRef] with the given index
+    pub fn new_unchecked(index: usize) -> Self {
+        // Safety: index cannot be zero because we use saturating addition on unsigned type.
+        Self(
+            unsafe { NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(index.saturating_add(1)) },
+            PhantomData,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> From<Ref<T>> for usize {
+    fn from(value: Ref<T>) -> Self {
+        usize::from(value.0) - 1
+    }
+}
+
+/* --- implementations of derivable traits, because we don't need bounds here --- */
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> std::fmt::Debug for Ref<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_tuple("TreeRef").field(&self.0).finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> std::hash::Hash for Ref<T> {
+    fn hash<H: std::hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        self.0.hash(state);
+        self.1.hash(state);
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> PartialEq for Ref<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.0 == other.0 && self.1 == other.1
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Eq for Ref<T> {}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> PartialOrd for Ref<T> {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Ord for Ref<T> {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        self.0.cmp(&other.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Clone for Ref<T> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        *self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: ?Sized> Copy for Ref<T> {}