Using showRoot property to start the display from the second level
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"> <mx:XML id="myXML"> <people label="People"> <friends label="Friends"> <friend label="A" /> </friends> <families label="Family"> <family label="B" /> </families> </people> </mx:XML> <mx:Tree dataProvider="{myXML}" showRoot="false" labelField="@label" /> </mx:Application>