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
  
• S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
  
  • S1 : Tundra
    
  • S2 : Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub
    
  • S3 : Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub
    
  • S4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
    • S41 : Wet heath
      
    • S42 : Dry heath
      
    • S43 : Macaronesian heath
      
      • S431 : Canary Island heaths
        
      • S432 : Madeiran cloud heaths
        
      • S433 : Madeiran summital heaths
        
      • S434 : Azorean lowland heaths
        
      • S435 : Upland Azorean Erica azorica and Juniperus brevifolia heaths
        
      • S436 : Azorean summital heaths
        
  • S5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub
    
    • S51 : Mediterranean maquis and arborescent matorral
      
    • S52 : Submediterranean pseudomaquis
      
    • S53 : Spartium junceum scrub
      
    • S54 : Thermomediterranean arid scrub
      
  • S6 : Garrigue
    
  • 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
  
  • T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
    
  • T2 : Broadleaved evergreen forest
    
    • T21 : Mediterranean evergreen Quercus forest
      
    • T22 : Mainland laurophyllous forest
      
    • 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
    
  • 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
  
  • U1 : Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies
    
  • U2 : Screes
    
  • U3 : Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops
    
  • U4 : Snow or ice-dominated habitats
    
  • U5 : Miscellaneous inland habitats usually with very sparse or no vegetation
    
  • U6 : Recent volcanic features
    
• V : Vegetated man-made habitats
  
  • V1 : Arable land and market gardens
    
  • V2 : Cultivated areas of gardens and parks
    
  • V3 : Artificial grasslands and herb dominated habitats
    
  • V4 : Hedgerows
    
  • V5 : Shrub plantations
    
  • V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats