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
  
  • 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
      
      • S611 : Western Quercus coccifera garrigues
        
      • S612 : Western Rosmarinus officinalis garrigues
        
      • S613 : Western Cistus garrigues
        
      • S614 : Western Euphorbia garrigues
        
      • S615 : Western Juniperus oxycedrus garrigues
        
      • S616 : Western Lavandula garrigues
        
      • S617 : Western Teucrium and other labiate garrigues
        
      • S618 : Western Genista garrigues
        
      • S619 : Western Calicotome garrigues
        
      • S61A : Western composite garrigues
        
      • S61B : Western Erica garrigues
        
      • S61C : Western Globularia garrigues
        
      • S61D : Western Helianthemum and Fumana garrigues
        
      • S61E : Lithodora fruticosa garrigues
        
      • S61F : Western Thymelaea garrigues
        
      • S61G : Western Ononis fruticosa garrigues
        
      • S61H : Western Anthyllis cytisoides garrigues
        
      • S61J : Western Dictamnus garrigues
        
      • S61K : Lavandula angustifolia garrigues
        
      • S61L : Genista cinerea garrigues
        
      • S61M : Ibero-Gallic supra-Mediterranean dwarf-shrub garrigues
        
      • S61N : Supra-Mediterranean Buxus sempervirens scrub
        
      • S61P : Italian supra-Mediterranean garrigues
        
    • S62 : Western acidophilous garrigue
      
    • S63 : Eastern garrigue
      
    • 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
    
    • S81 : Canarian xerophytic scrub
      
    • S82 : Madeiran xerophytic scrub
      
  • S9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
    
• T : Forest and other wooded land
  
  • T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
    
  • T2 : Broadleaved evergreen forest
    
  • T3 : Coniferous forest
    
    • T31 : Temperate mountain Picea forest
      
    • 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
      
    • 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