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
    
    • A4.1 : Atlantic and Mediterranean high energy circalittoral rock
    • A4.2 : Atlantic and Mediterranean moderate energy circalittoral rock
      • A4.21 : Echinoderms and crustose communities on circalittoral rock
      • A4.22 : [Sabellaria] reefs on circalittoral rock
      • A4.23 : Communities on soft circalittoral rock
      • A4.24 : Mussel beds on circalittoral rock
      • A4.25 : Circalittoral faunal communities in variable salinity
      • A4.26 : Mediterranean coralligenous communities moderately exposed to hydrodynamic action
      • A4.27 : Faunal communities on deep moderate energy circalittoral rock
        •  A4.271 : Pontic faunal communities on deep moderate energy circalittoral rock
    • A4.3 : Atlantic and Mediterranean low energy circalittoral rock
      • A4.31 : Brachiopod and ascidian communities on circalittoral rock
      • A4.32 : Mediterranean coralligenous communities sheltered from hydrodynamic action
      •  A4.33 : Faunal communities on deep low energy circalittoral rock
    •  A4.4 : Baltic exposed circalittoral rock
    •  A4.5 : Baltic moderately exposed circalittoral rock
    •  A4.6 : Baltic sheltered circalittoral rock
    • A4.7 : Features of circalittoral rock
  • A5 : Sublittoral sediment
    
  • A6 : Deep-sea bed
    
  • A7 : Pelagic water column
    
  • A8 : Ice-associated marine habitats
    
    • A8.1 : Sea ice
    • A8.2 : Freshwater ice
    • A8.3 : 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
  
• D : Mires, bogs and fens
  
• E : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
  • E1 : Dry grasslands
    
    • E1.1 : Inland sand and rock with open vegetation
    • E1.2 : Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes
    • E1.3 : Mediterranean xeric grassland
    • E1.4 : Mediterranean tall-grass and [Artemisia] steppes
    • E1.5 : Mediterranean-montane grassland
    • E1.6 : Subnitrophilous annual grassland
    • E1.7 : Closed non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland
    • E1.8 : Closed Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland
    • E1.9 : Open non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland
    • E1.A : Open Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland
    • E1.B : Heavy-metal grassland
    • E1.C : Dry mediterranean lands with unpalatable non-vernal herbaceous vegetation
    •  E1.D : Unmanaged xeric grassland
    •  E1.E : Trampled xeric grasslands with annuals
  • E2 : Mesic grasslands
    
  • E3 : Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
    
  • E4 : Alpine and subalpine grasslands
    
  • E5 : Woodland fringes and clearings and tall forb stands
    
  • E6 : Inland salt steppes
    
  • E7 : Sparsely wooded grasslands
    
• F : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
  • F1 : Tundra
    
    • F1.1 : Shrub tundra
    • F1.2 : Moss and lichen tundra
  • F2 : Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub
    
  • F3 : Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub
    
  • F4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
  • F5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes
    
  • F6 : Garrigue
    
  • F7 : Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)
    
  • F8 : Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub
    
  • F9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
    
  • FA : Hedgerows
    
  • FB : Shrub plantations
    
• 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
  
• X : Habitat complexes