EUNIS habitat type hierarchical view (marine version 2022 & terrestrial version 2021)

The EUNIS habitat classification review is on-going. Four groups are pending review: Inland waters, Wetlands, Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats and Complexes.

• M : Marine benthic habitats (MA-MG)
  
• MH : Pelagic water column
  
• MJ : Ice-associated marine habitats
  
• N : Coastal habitats
  
• Q : Wetlands
  
• R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
  • R1 : Dry grasslands
    
    • R11 : Pannonian and Pontic sandy steppe
      
    • R12 : Cryptogam- and annual-dominated vegetation on siliceous rock outcrops
      
    • R13 : Cryptogam- and annual-dominated vegetation on calcareous and ultramafic rock outcrops
      
      • R131 : Fenno-Scandian pioneer rock swards
        
    • R14 : Perennial rocky grassland of the Italian Peninsula
      
    • R15 : Continental dry rocky steppic grassland and dwarf scrub on chalk outcrops
      
    • R16 : Perennial rocky grassland of Central and South-Eastern Europe
      
    • R17 : Heavy-metal dry grassland of the Balkans
      
    • R18 : Perennial rocky calcareous grassland of subatlantic-submediterranean Europe
      
    • R19 : Dry steppic submediterranean pasture of the Amphi-Adriatic region
      
    • R1A : Semi-dry perennial calcareous grassland (meadow steppe)
      
    • R1B : Continental dry grassland (true steppe)
      
    • R1C : Desert steppe
      
    • R1D : Mediterranean closely grazed dry grassland
      
    • R1E : Mediterranean tall perennial dry grassland
      
    • R1F : Mediterranean annual-rich dry grassland
      
    • R1G : Iberian oromediterranean siliceous dry grassland
      
    • R1H : Iberian oromediterranean basiphilous dry grassland
      
    • R1J : Cyrno-Sardean oromediterranean siliceous dry grassland
      
    • R1K : Balkan and Anatolian oromediterranean dry grassland
      
    • R1L : Madeiran oromediterranean siliceous dry grassland
      
    • R1M : Lowland to montane, dry to mesic grassland usually dominated by Nardus stricta
      
    • R1N : Open Iberian supramediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland
      
    • R1P : Oceanic to subcontinental inland sand grassland on dry acid and neutral soils
      
    • R1Q : Inland sanddrift and dune with siliceous grassland
      
    • R1R : Mediterranean to Atlantic open, dry, acid and neutral grassland
      
      • R1R1 : Mediterranean annual deep-sand communities
        
      • R1R2 : Supra-Mediterranean perennial siliceous grasslands
        
      • R1R3 : Rh
        
      • R1R4 : Southern Iberian inland dunes
        
      • R1R5 : Irano-Anatolian inland dunes
        
    • R1S : Heavy-metal grassland in Western and Central Europe
      
    • R1T : Azorean open, dry, acid to neutral grassland
      
  • R2 : Mesic grasslands
    
  • R3 : Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
    
  • R4 : Alpine and subalpine grasslands
    
  • R5 : Forest fringes and clearings and tall forb stands
    
  • R6 : Inland salt steppes and salt marshes
    
  • R7 : Sparsely wooded grasslands
    
• S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
  • S1 : Tundra
    
  • S2 : Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub
    
  • S3 : Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub
    
  • S4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
  • S5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub
    
  • S6 : Garrigue
    
    • S61 : Western basiphilous garrigue
      
    • S62 : Western acidophilous garrigue
      
    • S63 : Eastern garrigue
      
      • S631 : Eastern Quercus coccifera garrigues
        
      • S632 : Eastern Rosmarinus officinalis garrigues
        
      • S633 : Eastern Cistus garrigues
        
      • S634 : Eastern Euphorbia garrigues
        
      • S635 : Eastern Juniperus oxycedrus garrigues
        
      • S636 : Eastern Lavandula garrigues
        
      • S637 : Eastern Teucrium and other labiates garrigues
        
      • S638 : Eastern Paliurus spina-christi garrigues
        
      • S639 : Eastern broom garrigues
        
      • S63A : Ebenus cretica brushes
        
      • S63B : Eastern Helichrysum and other composite garrigues
        
      • S63C : Eastern Erica garrigues
        
      • S63D : Arbutus andrachne garrigues
        
      • S63E : Eastern Globularia garrigues
        
      • S63F : Eastern Helianthemum and Fumana garrigues
        
      • S63G : Eastern Thymelaea garrigues
        
      • S63H : Eastern Bupleurum garrigues
        
      • S63J : East Mediterranean pre-desert scrub
        
      • S63K : Illyrian Quercus coccifera garrigues
        
      • S63L : Illyrian Rosmarinus officinalis garrigues
        
      • S63M : Illyrian Cistus garrigues
        
      • S63N : Illyrian Euphorbia garrigues
        
      • S63P : Illyrian Juniperus oxycedrus garrigues
        
      • S63Q : Illyrian Teucrium and other labiates garrigues
        
      • S63R : Illyrian Paliurus spina-christi garrigues
        
      • S63S : Illyrian broom garrigues
        
      • S63T : Illyrian Helichrysum and other composite garrigues
        
      • S63U : Illyrian Erica garrigues
        
      • S63V : Crimean garrigues
        
      • S63X : South-Euxinian garrigues
        
      • S63Y : Thracian garrigues
        
      • S63Z : Balkan peninsula supra-Mediterranean garrigues
        
    • S64 : Macaronesian garrigue
      
    • S65 : Mediterranean gypsum scrub
      
    • S66 : Mediterranean halo-nitrophilous scrub
      
    • S67 : Aralo-Caspian semi-desert
      
    • S68 : Semi-desert sand dune with sparse scrub
      
  • S7 : Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)
    
  • S8 : Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub
    
  • S9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
    
• T : Forest and other wooded land
  
• U : Inland habitats with no or little soil and mostly with sparse vegetation
  
• V : Vegetated man-made habitats