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
        •  A5.231 : Infralittoral mobile clean sand with sparse fauna
        •  A5.232 : [Sertularia cupressina] and [Hydrallmania falcata] on tide-swept sublittoral sand with cobbles or pebbles
        •  A5.233 : [Nephtys cirrosa] and [Bathyporeia] spp. in infralittoral sand
        •  A5.234 : Semi-permanent tube-building amphipods and polychaetes in sublittoral sand
        • A5.235 : Mediterranean communities of fine sands in very shallow waters
        •  A5.236 : Mediterranean communities of well sorted fine sands
        • A5.237 : Pontic communities of well sorted fine sands
      • 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
    • A5.3 : 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
    
    • A6.1 : Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrata
    • A6.2 : Deep-sea mixed substrata
    • A6.3 : Deep-sea sand
    •  A6.4 : Deep-sea muddy sand
    • A6.5 : Deep-sea mud
      • A6.51 : Mediterranean communities of bathyal muds
      •  A6.52 : Communities of abyssal muds
    • A6.6 : Deep-sea bioherms
    • A6.7 : Raised features of the deep-sea bed
    • A6.8 : Deep-sea trenches and canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope
    • A6.9 : Vents, seeps, hypoxic and anoxic habitats of the deep sea
  • A7 : Pelagic water column
    
  • A8 : Ice-associated marine habitats
    
• B : Coastal habitats
  
• C : Inland surface waters
  
  • C1 : Surface standing waters
    
  • C2 : Surface running waters
    
    • C2.1 : Springs, spring brooks and geysers
    • C2.2 : Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses
      •  C2.21 : Epirhithral and metarhithral streams
      •  C2.22 : Hyporhithral streams
      •  C2.23 : Glacial meltwaters
      •  C2.24 : Waterfalls
      •  C2.25 : Acid oligotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams
      •  C2.26 : Lime-rich oligotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams
      •  C2.27 : Mesotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams
      •  C2.28 : Eutrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams
    • C2.3 : Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
    • C2.4 : Tidal rivers, upstream from the estuary
    •  C2.5 : Temporary running waters
    •  C2.6 : Films of water flowing over rocky watercourse margins
  • C3 : Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies
    
• D : Mires, bogs and fens
  
• E : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
• 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
    
  • 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)
    
    • 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
    
    •  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
    
  • 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
    
    •  H1.1 : Cave entrances
    • H1.2 : Cave interiors
    •  H1.3 : Dark underground passages
    • H1.4 : Lava tubes
    • H1.5 : Underground standing waterbodies
    • H1.6 : Underground running waterbodies
    •  H1.7 : Disused underground mines and tunnels
  • 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
    
    • H6.1 : Active volcanic features
    • H6.2 : Inactive recent volcanic features
• 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
    
    •  J2.1 : Scattered residential buildings
    •  J2.2 : Rural public buildings
    • J2.3 : Rural industrial and commercial sites still in active use
      •  J2.31 : Rural commercial units
      •  J2.32 : Rural industrial sites
    • J2.4 : Agricultural constructions
    • J2.5 : Constructed boundaries
    • J2.6 : Disused rural constructions
    •  J2.7 : Rural construction and demolition sites
  • 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