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
    
    • S21 : Subarctic and alpine dwarf Salix scrub
      
    • S22 : Alpine and subalpine ericoid heath
      
      • S221 : Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
        
      • S222 : Alpide acidocline Rhododendron heaths
        
      • S223 : Alpigenic high mountain Empetrum - Vaccinium heaths
        
      • S224 : Boreo-alpine and arctic heaths
        
      • S225 : Bruckenthalia heaths
        
      • S226 : Alpide Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and Arctostaphylos alpinus heaths
        
      • S227 : Alpide Rhododendron hirsutum - Erica heaths
        
      • S228 : Dryas octopetala mats
        
        • S2281 : Alpigenic high mountain Dryas mats
          
          • S22811 : Alpine Dryas mats
            
          • S22812 : Southwestern high moutain Dryas mats
            
          • S22813 : Jura Dryas mats
            
          • S22814 : Apennine Dryas mats
            
          • S22815 : Carpatho-Balkanide Dryas mats
            
          • S22816 : Dinaro-Hellenide Dryas mats
            
          • S22817 : Rhodopide mountain avens mats
            
        • S2282 : Hiberno-Britannic maritime Dryas mats
          
        • S2283 : Boreo-alpine Dryas mats
          
        • S2284 : Arctic Dryas heaths
          
      • S229 : Alpide high mountain dwarf Vaccinium heaths
        
    • S23 : Alpine and subalpine Juniperus scrub
      
    • S24 : Subalpine genistoid scrub of the Amphi-Adriatic region
      
    • S25 : Subalpine and subarctic deciduous scrub
      
    • S26 : Subalpine Pinus mugo scrub
      
    • S27 : Krummholz with conifers other than Pinus mugo
      
  • S3 : Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub
    
  • S4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
  • S5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean 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
  
• 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
    
  • V4 : Hedgerows
    
    • V41 : Hedgerows of non-native species
      
    • V42 : Highly-managed hedgerows of native species
      
    • V43 : Species-rich hedgerows of native species
      
    • V44 : Species-poor hedgerows of native species
      
  • V5 : Shrub plantations
    
  • V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats