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
    • A4.3 : Atlantic and Mediterranean 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
    
    • A5.1 : Sublittoral coarse sediment
    • A5.2 : Sublittoral sand
    • A5.3 : Sublittoral mud
      • A5.31 : Sublittoral mud in low or reduced salinity
      • A5.32 : Sublittoral mud in variable salinity (estuaries)
      • A5.33 : Infralittoral sandy mud
      • A5.34 : Infralittoral fine mud
      • A5.35 : Circalittoral sandy mud
      • A5.36 : Circalittoral fine mud
      • A5.37 : Deep circalittoral mud
      • A5.38 : Mediterranean communities of muddy detritic bottoms
      • A5.39 : Mediterranean communities of coastal terrigenous muds
    • 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
    
    • A7.1 : Neuston
    • A7.2 : Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity
    • A7.3 : Completely mixed water column with full salinity
    • A7.4 : Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium or long residence time
    • A7.5 : Unstratified water column with reduced salinity
      •  A7.51 : Euphotic (epipelagic) zone in unstratified reduced salinity water
      •  A7.52 : Mesopelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water
      •  A7.53 : Bathypelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water
      •  A7.54 : Abyssopelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water
    • A7.6 : Vertically stratified water column with reduced salinity
    • A7.7 : Fronts in reduced salinity water column
    • A7.8 : Unstratified water column with full salinity
    • A7.9 : Vertically stratified water column with full salinity
      •  A7.91 : Water column with ephemeral thermal stratification and full salinity
      •  A7.92 : Water column with seasonal thermal stratification and full salinity
      •  A7.93 : Water column with permanent thermal stratification and full salinity
      •  A7.94 : Water column with ephemeral halocline and full salinity
      •  A7.95 : Water column with seasonal halocline and full salinity
      •  A7.96 : Water column with permanent halocline and full salinity
      •  A7.97 : Water column with ephemeral oxygen stratification and full salinity
      •  A7.98 : Water column with seasonal oxygen stratification and full salinity
      • A7.99 : Water column with permanent oxygen stratification and full salinity
    • A7.A : Fronts in full salinity water column
  • A8 : Ice-associated marine habitats
    
• 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
  
• E : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
  • E1 : Dry grasslands
    
  • E2 : Mesic grasslands
    
    • E2.1 : Permanent mesotrophic pastures and aftermath-grazed meadows
    • E2.2 : Low and medium altitude hay meadows
    • E2.3 : Mountain hay meadows
    • E2.4 : Iberian summer pastures (vallicares)
    •  E2.5 : Meadows of the steppe zone
    • E2.6 : Agriculturally-improved, re-seeded and heavily fertilised grassland, including sports fields and grass lawns
    •  E2.7 : Unmanaged mesic grassland
    •  E2.8 : Trampled mesophilous grasslands with annuals
  • E3 : Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
    
  • E4 : Alpine and subalpine grasslands
    
  • E5 : Woodland fringes and clearings and tall forb stands
    
  • E6 : Inland salt steppes
    
    • E6.1 : Mediterranean inland salt steppes
    • E6.2 : Continental inland salt steppes
  • E7 : Sparsely wooded grasslands
    
• F : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
  • F1 : Tundra
    
  • F2 : Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub
    
    • F2.1 : Subarctic and alpine dwarf willow scrub
    • F2.2 : Evergreen alpine and subalpine heath and scrub
    • F2.3 : Subalpine deciduous scrub
    • F2.4 : Conifer scrub close to the tree limit
  • F3 : Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub
    
    • F3.1 : Temperate thickets and scrub
      • F3.11 : Medio-European rich-soil thickets
      •  F3.12 : [Buxus sempervirens] thickets
      • F3.13 : Atlantic poor soil thickets
      • F3.14 : Temperate [Cytisus scoparius] fields
      •  F3.15 : [Ulex europaeus] thickets
      • F3.16 : [Juniperus communis] scrub
      • F3.17 : [Corylus] thickets
      • F3.18 : Inland dune thickets
    • F3.2 : Submediterranean deciduous thickets and brushes
  • F4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
  • F5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes
    
    • F5.1 : Arborescent matorral
    • F5.2 : Maquis
      • F5.21 : High maquis
      •  F5.22 : Low ericaceous maquis
      • F5.23 : Tall [Cistus] maquis
        •  F5.231 : Southwestern Iberian tall cistus maquis
        •  F5.232 : Central Iberian tall cistus maquis
        •  F5.233 : Baetic tall cistus maquis
        •  F5.234 : Tyrrhenian tall cistus maquis
      • F5.24 : Low [Cistus] maquis
      • F5.25 : Low [Cistus - Lavandula stoechas] maquis
      •  F5.26 : Low sparse maquis
      •  F5.27 : [Cytisus]-dominated maquis
    • F5.3 : Pseudomaquis
    •  F5.4 : [Spartium junceum] fields
    • F5.5 : Thermo-Mediterranean scrub
  • F6 : Garrigue
    
    • F6.1 : Western garrigues
    • F6.2 : Eastern garrigues
    • F6.3 : Illyrian garrigues
    • F6.4 : Black Sea garrigues
    •  F6.5 : Macaronesian garrigues
    • F6.6 : Supra-Mediterranean garrigues
    • F6.7 : Mediterranean gypsum scrubs
    • F6.8 : Xero-halophile scrubs
  • F7 : Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)
    
    • F7.1 : West Mediterranean spiny heaths
    • F7.2 : Central Mediterranean spiny heaths
    • F7.3 : East Mediterranean phrygana
    • F7.4 : Hedgehog-heaths
  • 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
  
  • 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