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)
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MH : Pelagic water column
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MJ : Ice-associated marine habitats
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N : Coastal habitats
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Q : Wetlands
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R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
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S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
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S1 : Tundra
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S11 : Shrub tundra
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S12 : Moss and lichen tundra
S2 : Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub
S21 : Subarctic and alpine dwarf Salix scrub
S22 : Alpine and subalpine ericoid heath
S23 : Alpine and subalpine Juniperus scrub
S24 : Subalpine genistoid scrub of the Amphi-Adriatic region
S25 : Subalpine and subarctic deciduous scrub
S251 : Mountain Alnus brush
S252 : Subalpine and oroboreal Salix brush
S2521 : Alpide willow brush
S2522 : Oroboreal Salix scrub
S2523 : Northern British willow brush
S253 : Subalpine mixed brushes
S254 : Oroboreal Betula 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
S61 : Western basiphilous garrigue
S62 : Western acidophilous garrigue
S63 : Eastern garrigue
S631 : Eastern Quercus coccifera garrigues
S632 : Eastern Rosmarinus officinalis garrigues
S633 : Eastern Cistus garrigues
S634 : Eastern Euphorbia garrigues
S635 : Eastern Juniperus oxycedrus garrigues
S636 : Eastern Lavandula garrigues
S637 : Eastern Teucrium and other labiates garrigues
S638 : Eastern Paliurus spina-christi garrigues
S639 : Eastern broom garrigues
S63A : Ebenus cretica brushes
S63B : Eastern Helichrysum and other composite garrigues
S63C : Eastern Erica garrigues
S63D : Arbutus andrachne garrigues
S63E : Eastern Globularia garrigues
S63F : Eastern Helianthemum and Fumana garrigues
S63G : Eastern Thymelaea garrigues
S63H : Eastern Bupleurum garrigues
S63J : East Mediterranean pre-desert scrub
S63K : Illyrian Quercus coccifera garrigues
S63L : Illyrian Rosmarinus officinalis garrigues
S63M : Illyrian Cistus garrigues
S63N : Illyrian Euphorbia garrigues
S63P : Illyrian Juniperus oxycedrus garrigues
S63Q : Illyrian Teucrium and other labiates garrigues
S63R : Illyrian Paliurus spina-christi garrigues
S63S : Illyrian broom garrigues
S63T : Illyrian Helichrysum and other composite garrigues
S63U : Illyrian Erica garrigues
S63V : Crimean garrigues
S63X : South-Euxinian garrigues
S63Y : Thracian garrigues
S63Z : Balkan peninsula supra-Mediterranean garrigues
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
S91 : Temperate riparian scrub
S92 : Salix fen scrub
S93 : Mediterranean riparian scrub
S94 : Semi-desert riparian scrub
T : Forest and other wooded land
T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
T11 : Temperate Salix and Populus riparian forest
T12 : Alnus glutinosa-Alnus incana forest on riparian and mineral soils
T13 : Temperate hardwood riparian forest
T14 : Mediterranean and Macaronesian riparian forest
T15 : Broadleaved swamp forest on non-acid peat
T16 : Broadleaved mire forest on acid peat
T17 : Fagus forest on non-acid soils
T18 : Fagus forest on acid soils
T19 : Temperate and submediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
T1A : Mediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
T1B : Acidophilous Quercus forest
T1C : Temperate and boreal mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils
T1D : Southern European mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils
T1E : Carpinus and Quercus mesic deciduous forest
T1F : Ravine forest
T1G : Alnus cordata forest
T1H : Broadleaved deciduous plantation of non site-native trees
T1J : Deciduous self sown forest of non site-native trees
T1K : Broadleaved deciduous plantation of site-native trees
T2 : Broadleaved evergreen forest
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