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
    
  • 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
    • A6.6 : 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
  
• 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.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.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
    
  • G5 : Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice
    
• H : Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats
  
• I : Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats
  
  • I1 : Arable land and market gardens
    
  • I2 : Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
    
• J : Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats
  
  • J1 : Buildings of cities, towns and villages
    
    •  J1.1 : Residential buildings of city and town centres
    •  J1.2 : Residential buildings of villages and urban peripheries
    • J1.3 : Urban and suburban public buildings
    • J1.4 : Urban and suburban industrial and commercial sites still in active use
    • J1.5 : Disused constructions of cities, towns and villages
    •  J1.6 : Urban and suburban construction and demolition sites
    •  J1.7 : High density temporary residential units
  • 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
    •  J2.7 : Rural construction and demolition sites
  • J3 : Extractive industrial sites
    
    •  J3.1 : Active underground mines
    •  J3.2 : Active opencast mineral extraction sites, including quarries
    •  J3.3 : Recently abandoned above-ground spaces of 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