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
    • C3.3 : 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
      •  C3.61 : Unvegetated river sand banks
      •  C3.62 : Unvegetated river gravel banks
      •  C3.63 : Unvegetated river mud banks
      •  C3.64 : Exposed unvegetated freshwater lake sands and shingles
      •  C3.65 : Exposed unvegetated freshwater lake muds
      •  C3.66 : Exposed unvegetated beaches of inland saline and brackish waters with soft 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
  
  • 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
      •  E1.91 : Dwarf annual siliceous grassland
      •  E1.92 : Perennial open siliceous grassland
      •  E1.93 : [Corynephorus] grassland
      •  E1.94 : Inland dune pioneer grassland
      •  E1.95 : Inland dune siliceous grassland
      •  E1.96 : Northern fluviatile dunes
      •  E1.97 : Southern fluviatile dunes
      •  E1.98 : Breckland inland dunes
      • E1.99 : Pannonic inland dunes
      • E1.9A : Pontic inland dunes
      •  E1.9B : Standing stone inland dunes
    • 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.C1 : [Asphodelus] fields
      •  E1.C2 : Thistle fields
      •  E1.C3 : [Phlomis] brushes
      •  E1.C4 : [Ferula] stands
    •  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
    
  • 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
    
    •  FA.1 : Hedgerows of non-native species
    •  FA.2 : Highly-managed hedgerows of native species
    •  FA.3 : Species-rich hedgerows of native species
    •  FA.4 : Species-poor hedgerows of native species
  • FB : Shrub plantations
    
• G : Woodland, forest and other wooded land
  
  • G1 : Broadleaved deciduous woodland
    
  • G2 : Broadleaved evergreen woodland
    
  • G3 : Coniferous woodland
    
  • G4 : Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland
    
    •  G4.1 : Mixed swamp woodland
    •  G4.2 : Mixed taiga woodland with [Betula]
    • G4.3 : Mixed sub-taiga woodland with acidophilous [Quercus]
    •  G4.4 : Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - [Betula] woodland
    •  G4.5 : Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - [Fagus] woodland
    •  G4.6 : Mixed [Abies] - [Picea] - [Fagus] woodland
    • G4.7 : Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - acidophilous [Quercus] woodland
    •  G4.8 : Mixed non-riverine deciduous and coniferous woodland
    •  G4.9 : Mixed deciduous woodland with [Cupressaceae] or [Taxaceae]
    •  G4.A : Mixed woodland with [Cupressaceae], [Taxaceae] and evergreen oak
    •  G4.B : Mixed mediterranean [Pinus] - thermophilous [Quercus] woodland
    •  G4.C : Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - thermophilous [Quercus] woodland
    •  G4.D : Mixed [Pinus nigra] - evergreen [Quercus] woodland
    •  G4.E : Mixed mediterranean pine - evergreen oak woodland
    •  G4.F : Mixed forestry plantations
  • G5 : Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice
    
• H : Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats
  
  • H1 : Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies
    
  • H2 : Screes
    
    •  H2.1 : Cold siliceous screes
    •  H2.2 : Cold limestone screes
    • H2.3 : Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes
    • H2.4 : Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes
    • H2.5 : Acid siliceous screes of warm exposures
    • H2.6 : Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures
  • H3 : Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops
    
  • H4 : Snow or ice-dominated habitats
    
  • H5 : Miscellaneous inland habitats with very sparse or no vegetation
    
    • H5.1 : Fjell fields and other freeze-thaw features with very sparse or no vegetation
    • H5.2 : Glacial moraines with very sparse or no vegetation
    • H5.3 : Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity
    •  H5.4 : Dry organic substrates with very sparse or no vegetation
    • H5.5 : Burnt areas with very sparse or no vegetation
    • H5.6 : Trampled areas
  • H6 : Recent volcanic features
    
    • H6.1 : Active volcanic features
    • H6.2 : Inactive recent volcanic features
      •  H6.21 : Teide violet community
      •  H6.22 : Etna summital communities
      •  H6.23 : Western Asian orovolcanic communities
      • H6.24 : Barren lava fields and flows
      •  H6.25 : Volcanic ash and lapilli fields
• 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
    
    •  J6.1 : Waste resulting from building construction or demolition
    •  J6.2 : Household waste and landfill sites
    • J6.3 : Non-agricultural organic waste
    • J6.4 : Agricultural and horticultural waste
    • J6.5 : Industrial waste
• X : Habitat complexes