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
    
    • A5.1 : Sublittoral coarse sediment
    • A5.2 : Sublittoral sand
      • A5.21 : Sublittoral sand in low or reduced salinity
      • A5.22 : Sublittoral sand in variable salinity (estuaries)
      • A5.23 : Infralittoral fine sand
      • A5.24 : Infralittoral muddy sand
      • A5.25 : Circalittoral fine sand
      • A5.26 : Circalittoral muddy sand
      • A5.27 : Deep circalittoral sand
      • A5.28 : Mediterranean communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
        •  A5.281 : Facies with [Callianassa tyrrhena] and [Kellia corbuloides]
        •  A5.282 : Facies with fresh water resurgences with [Cerastoderma glaucum] and [Cyathura carinata]
        •  A5.283 : Facies with [Loripes lacteus], [Tapes] spp.
        •  A5.284 : Association with [Caulerpa prolifera] on superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters
        •  A5.285 : Facies of hydrothermal oozes with [Cyclope neritea] and nematodes
    • A5.3 : Sublittoral mud
    • A5.4 : Sublittoral mixed sediments
    • A5.5 : Sublittoral macrophyte-dominated sediment
    • A5.6 : Sublittoral biogenic reefs
    • A5.7 : Features of sublittoral sediments
  • 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
  
  • C1 : Surface standing waters
    
  • C2 : Surface running waters
    
  • C3 : Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
    
• D : Mires, bogs and fens
  
  • D1 : Raised and blanket bogs
    
  • D2 : Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires
    
  • D3 : Aapa, palsa and polygon mires
    
  • D4 : Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires
    
  • D5 : Sedge and reedbeds, normally without free-standing water
    
  • D6 : Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds
    
• 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
    
    • F5.1 : Arborescent matorral
    • F5.2 : Maquis
    • F5.3 : Pseudomaquis
    •  F5.4 : [Spartium junceum] fields
    • F5.5 : Thermo-Mediterranean scrub
  • F6 : Garrigue
    
  • F7 : Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)
    
  • F8 : Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub
    
  • F9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
    
    • F9.1 : Riverine scrub
    • F9.2 : [Salix] carr and fen scrub
    • F9.3 : Southern riparian galleries and thickets
  • 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
  
  • J1 : Buildings of cities, towns and villages
    
  • 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