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HTML

<input type='text' value='[Enter search term followed by Return]' class='allW treeSearch' />
                  <ul id="treeview">
                    <li data-expanded="true"><span class="icon-location-7 md-moon delBlue treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe6b5;"></span><span class="icon-location-7 md-moon white treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe6b5;"></span>Root<ul><li data-expanded="true"><span class="icon-stack-6 md-moon delLtBlue treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe6a0;"></span>
<span class="icon-stack-6 md-moon white treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe6a0;"></span>Gas Model<ul>
                                  <li data-expanded="true"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-globe md-moon delGreen treeSpace"></span>
                                  <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-globe md-moon white treeSpace"></span>United States
                                    <ul>
                                        <li data-expanded="true"><span class="icon-pie md-moon delBlue treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe708;"></span>
                                        <span class="icon-pie md-moon white treeSpace" data-icon="&#xe708;"></span>Pennsylvania
            
                                        </li>
                                    </ul>
                                  </li>
                              </ul>
                            </li>
                         </ul>
                      </li>
                  </ul>

JavaScript

$('.treeSearch').click(function(){
    $(this).val(''); 
});
$('.treeSearch').keyup(function(){
        
	var searchText = $(this).val();
	
	$('#treeview li').contents().filter(function() {
        return this.nodeType == 3;
    }).each(function(){
		
		var currentLiText = $(this).text();
        if(currentLiText.replace(/\s+/g, '')!=""){
            if(currentLiText.indexOf(searchText) !== -1){
                $(this).parent("li").css({"visibility": "visible"});
            }
            else{
             $(this).parent("li").css({"visibility": "hidden"});
            }
        }
	});     
});