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
  
• R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
• S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
• T : Forest and other wooded land
  
  • T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
    
  • T2 : Broadleaved evergreen forest
    
    • T21 : Mediterranean evergreen Quercus forest
      
    • T22 : Mainland laurophyllous forest
      
      • T221 : Mediterraneo-Atlantic Laurus - Quercus forest
        
      • T222 : Ponto-Hyrcanian sclerophyllous forests
        
    • T23 : Macaronesian laurophyllous forest
      
    • T24 : Olea europaea-Ceratonia siliqua forest
      
    • T25 : Phoenix theophrasti vegetation
      
    • T26 : Phoenix canariensis vegetation
      
    • T27 : Ilex aquifolium forest
      
    • T28 : Macaronesian heathy forest
      
    • T29 : Broadleaved evergreen plantation of non site-native trees
      
    • T2A : Broadleaved evergreen plantation of site-native trees
      
  • T3 : Coniferous forest
    
    • T31 : Temperate mountain Picea forest
      
      • T311 : Alpine and Carpathian subalpine Picea forests
        
        • T3111 : Bilberry spruce forests
          
        • T3112 : Tall herb subalpine spruce forests
          
        • T3113 : Moist subalpine spruce forests
          
        • T3114 : Xerophile subalpine spruce forests
          
        • T3115 : Cold station spruce forests
          
        • T3116 : Carpathian spruce forests
          
      • T312 : Inner range montane Picea forests
        
      • T313 : Hercynian subalpine Picea forests
        
        • T3131 : Subalpine spruce forests of the Bayerischer Wald
          
        • T3132 : Subalpine spruce forests of the Harz and Erzgebirge
          
        • T3133 : Subalpine spruce forests of the Sudeten
          
      • T314 : Southern European Picea abies forests
        
      • T315 : Enclave Picea abies forests
        
        • T3151 : Subalpine Jura spruce forests
          
        • T3152 : Subalpine Black Forest spruce forests
          
        • T3153 : Peri-Alpine bazzania spruce forests
          
        • T3154 : Hercynio-Alpine montane spruce forests
          
        • T3155 : Dinaric spruce forests
          
      • T316 : Picea omorika forests
        
      • T317 : Picea orientalis forests
        
    • T32 : Temperate mountain Abies forest
      
    • T33 : Mediterranean mountain Abies forest
      
    • T34 : Temperate subalpine Larix, Pinus cembra and Pinus uncinata forest
      
    • T35 : Temperate continental Pinus sylvestris forest
      
    • T36 : Temperate and submediterranean montane Pinus sylvestris-Pinus nigra forest
      
    • T37 : Mediterranean montane Pinus sylvestris-Pinus nigra forest
      
    • T38 : Mediterranean montane Cedrus forest
      
    • T39 : Mediterranean and Balkan subalpine Pinus heldreichii-Pinus peuce forest
      
    • T3A : Mediterranean lowland to submontane Pinus forest
      
    • T3B : Pinus canariensis forest
      
    • T3C : Taxus baccata forest
      
    • T3D : Mediterranean Cupressaceae forest
      
      • T3D1 : Western Palaearctic Cupressus forests
        
      • T3D2 : Tetraclinis articulata forests
        
      • T3D3 : Hyrcanian Platycladus orientalis (Thuja orientalis) forests
        
      • T3D4 : Juniperus oxycedrus forests
        
      • T3D5 : Juniperus phoenicea forests
        
      • T3D6 : Spanish Juniperus thurifera forests
        
      • T3D7 : Greek Juniperus excelsa forests
        
      • T3D8 : Juniperus foetidissima forests
        
      • T3D9 : Juniperus drupacea forests
        
    • T3E : Macaronesian Juniperus forest
      
    • T3F : Dark taiga
      
    • T3G : Pinus sylvestris light taiga
      
    • T3H : Larix light taiga
      
    • T3J : Pinus and Larix mire forest
      
    • T3K : Picea mire forest
      
    • T3L : Coniferous self sown forest of non site-native trees
      
    • T3M : Coniferous plantation of non site-native trees
      
    • T3N : Coniferous plantation of site-native trees
      
  • T4 : Lines of trees, small anthropogenic forests, recently felled forest, early-stage forest and coppice
    
• U : Inland habitats with no or little soil and mostly with sparse vegetation
  
• V : Vegetated man-made habitats