EUNIS habitat type hierarchical view

• A : Marine habitats
  
  • A1 : Littoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A2 : Littoral sediment
    
  • A3 : Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A4 : Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A5 : Sublittoral sediment
    
  • A6 : Deep-sea bed
    
  • A7 : Pelagic water column
    
  • A8 : Ice-associated marine habitats
    
    • A8.1 : Sea ice
    • A8.2 : Freshwater ice
      •  A8.21 : Large tabular iceberg
      •  A8.22 : Medium iceberg
      •  A8.23 : Small iceberg
      •  A8.24 : Bergy bit
      •  A8.25 : Growler
    • A8.3 : Brine channels
      •  A8.31 : Brine channels in first year ice
      •  A8.32 : Brine channels in multi-year ice
    • A8.4 : Under-ice habitat
• B : Coastal habitats
  
• C : Inland surface waters
  
  • C1 : Surface standing waters
    
    • C1.1 : Permanent oligotrophic lakes, ponds and pools
    • C1.2 : Permanent mesotrophic lakes, ponds and pools
    • C1.3 : Permanent eutrophic lakes, ponds and pools
    • C1.4 : Permanent dystrophic lakes, ponds and pools
    • C1.5 : Permanent inland saline and brackish lakes, ponds and pools
    • C1.6 : Temporary lakes, ponds and pools
    •  C1.7 : Permanent lake ice
  • C2 : Surface running waters
    
  • C3 : Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
    
    • C3.1 : Species-rich helophyte beds
    • C3.2 : Water-fringing reedbeds and tall helophytes other than canes
    • C3.3 : Water-fringing beds of tall canes
    • C3.4 : Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation
    • C3.5 : Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation
    • C3.6 : Unvegetated or sparsely vegetated shores with soft or mobile sediments
    • C3.7 : Unvegetated or sparsely vegetated shores with non-mobile substrates
    •  C3.8 : Inland spray- and steam-dependent habitats
• D : Mires, bogs and fens
  
• E : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
• F : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
• G : Woodland, forest and other wooded land
  
• H : Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats
  
• I : Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats
  
• J : Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats
  
  • J1 : Buildings of cities, towns and villages
    
    •  J1.1 : Residential buildings of city and town centres
    •  J1.2 : Residential buildings of villages and urban peripheries
    • J1.3 : Urban and suburban public buildings
    • J1.4 : Urban and suburban industrial and commercial sites still in active use
    • J1.5 : Disused constructions of cities, towns and villages
    •  J1.6 : Urban and suburban construction and demolition sites
    •  J1.7 : High density temporary residential units
  • J2 : Low density buildings
    
  • J3 : Extractive industrial sites
    
  • J4 : Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas
    
  • J5 : Highly artificial man-made waters and associated structures
    
  • J6 : Waste deposits
    
• X : Habitat complexes