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
  
  • MJ1 : Sea ice
    
  • MJ2 : Freshwater ice
    
  • MJ3 : Brine channels
    
  • MJ4 : Under-ice habitat
    
• N : Coastal habitats
  
  • N1 : Coastal dunes and sandy shores
    
  • N2 : Coastal shingle
    
    • N21 : Atlantic, Baltic and Arctic coastal shingle beach
      
    • N22 : Mediterranean and Black Sea coastal shingle beach
      
  • N3 : Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral
    
• Q : Wetlands
  
• 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
      
    • 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
  
• 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
    
    • V31 : Agriculturally-improved,
      
      • V311 : Dry or moist agriculturally-improved grassland
        
      • V312 : Wet agriculturally-improved grassland, often with drainage ditches
        
      • V313 : Turf sports fields
        
      • V314 : Park lawns
        
      • V315 : Small-scale lawns
        
    • V32 : Mediterranean subnitrophilous annual grasslands
      
    • V33 : Dry mediterranean lands with unpalatable non-vernal herbaceous vegetation
      
      • V331 : Asphodelus fields
        
      • V332 : Thistle fields
        
      • V333 : Phlomis brushes
        
      • V334 : Ferula stands
        
    • V34 : Trampled xeric grasslands with annuals
      
    • V35 : Trampled mesophilous grasslands with annuals
      
    • V36 : Alpine and subalpine enriched grassland
      
    • V37 : Annual anthropogenic herbaceous vegetation
      
    • V38 : Dry perennial anthropogenic herbaceous vegetation
      
    • V39 : Mesic perennial anthropogenic herbaceous vegetation
      
  • V4 : Hedgerows
    
  • V5 : Shrub plantations
    
  • V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats
    
    • V61 : Broadleaved fruit and nut tree orchards
      
    • V62 : Evergreen orchards and groves
      
    • V63 : Lines of planted trees
      
    • V64 : Small deciduous broadleaved planted other wooded land
      
    • V65 : Small evergreen broadleaved planted other wooded land
      
    • V66 : Small coniferous planted other wooded land