EUNIS habitat type hierarchical view

• A : Marine habitats
  
  • A1 : Littoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A2 : Littoral sediment
    
    • A2.1 : Littoral coarse sediment
    • A2.2 : Littoral sand and muddy sand
    • A2.3 : Littoral mud
    • A2.4 : Littoral mixed sediments
    • A2.5 : Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds
    • A2.6 : Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms
    • A2.7 : Littoral biogenic reefs
    • A2.8 : Features of littoral sediment
  • A3 : Infralittoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A4 : Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata
    
  • A5 : Sublittoral sediment
    
  • A6 : Deep-sea bed
    
  • A7 : Pelagic 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
    
    • 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
      •  C3.61 : 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
      •  C3.71 : 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
  
• 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
  
• 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
    
    • 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
    • J2.4 : Agricultural constructions
    • J2.5 : Constructed boundaries
    • J2.6 : Disused rural constructions
      •  J2.61 : Derelict spaces of 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
    
    •  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
      •  J6.41 : Solid agricultural and horticultural waste
      •  J6.42 : Liquid agricultural wastes (manure)
    • J6.5 : Industrial waste
• X : Habitat complexes