EUNIS habitat type hierarchical view

• A : Marine habitats
  
• B : Coastal habitats
  
• C : Inland surface waters
  
  • C1 : Surface standing waters
    
  • 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
      • C3.21 : [Phragmites australis] beds
      •  C3.22 : [Scirpus lacustris] beds
      • C3.23 : [Typha] beds
      • C3.24 : Medium-tall non-graminoid waterside communities
      • C3.25 : Water-fringe medium-tall grass beds
      •  C3.26 : [Phalaris arundinacea] beds
      •  C3.27 : Halophile [Scirpus], [Bolboschoenus] and [Schoenoplectus] beds
      •  C3.28 : Riparian [Cladium mariscus] beds
      •  C3.29 : Water-fringing large sedge communities
      •  C3.2A : Brackish and alkaline [Cirsium brachycephalum] beds
    • 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
      •  C3.71 : Periodically exposed river-bed rocks, pavements and blocks
      •  C3.72 : Periodically exposed lake-bed rocks, pavements and blocks
      •  C3.73 : Draw-down zones of reservoirs 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
  
  • E1 : Dry grasslands
    
  • 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
    
  • 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
    • F3.2 : 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
      • F5.24 : 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
      • F5.51 : Thermo-Mediterranean brushes, thickets and heath-garrigues
      •  F5.52 : [Euphorbia dendroides] formations
      •  F5.53 : [Ampelodesmos mauritanica] -dominated garrigues
      •  F5.54 : [Chamaerops humilis] brush
      • F5.55 : Mediterranean pre-desert scrub
      • F5.56 : Thermo-Mediterranean broom fields (retamares)
        •  F5.561 : Yellow retama brush
        •  F5.562 : Ibero-Mauritanian white retama brush
        •  F5.563 : [Genista speciosa] broom fields
        •  F5.564 : [Genista valentina] broom fields
        •  F5.565 : [Genista retamoides] broom fields
        •  F5.566 : [Genista haenseleri] broom fields
        •  F5.567 : [Genista ramosissima] broom fields
        •  F5.568 : Thermo-mediterranean [Lygos raetam] brush
        •  F5.569 : Eolian broomfields
        •  F5.56A : [Genista ephedroides] broomfields
        •  F5.56B : Ibiza broomfields
        •  F5.56C : [Genista pseudoretamoides] broom fields
      • F5.57 : Mediterranean gorse-heaths
      • F5.58 : Iberian thermo-Mediterranean garrigues
      • F5.59 : [Stauracanthus boivinii] gorse-heaths
      • F5.5A : Western Tethyan xero-psammitic brushes
      •  F5.5B : Cabo de Sao Vicente brushes
      • F5.5C : Thermo-Mediterranean heaths
  • 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
      •  F7.41 : Pyrenean hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.42 : Cordilleran hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.43 : Nevadan hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.44 : Franco-Iberian hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.45 : Cyrno-Sardinian hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.46 : Mount Etna hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.47 : Madonie and Apennine hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.48 : Helleno-Balkanic sylvatic [Astragalus] hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.49 : Hellenic oro-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4A : Hellenic alti-Mediterranean hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4B : Cretan hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4C : Aegean summital hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4D : Southern Hellenic [Genista acanthoclada] hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4E : [Astragalus sempervirens] hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.4F : Canary Island cushion-heaths
      •  F7.4G : Cyprian hedgehog-heaths
      •  F7.4H : Mediterraneo-Anatolian hedgehog-heaths
      • F7.4I : Western central Eurasian 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
  
  • H1 : Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies
    
  • H2 : Screes
    
  • H3 : Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops
    
  • H4 : Snow or ice-dominated habitats
    
  • H5 : Miscellaneous inland habitats with very sparse or no vegetation
    
  • H6 : Recent volcanic features
    
• I : Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats
  
• J : Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats
  
• X : Habitat complexes