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
      
      • S211 : Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch Salix herbacea scrub
        
      • S212 : Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch Salix polaris scrub
        
      • S213 : Ponto-Caucasian snow-patch 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
      
    • S26 : Subalpine Pinus mugo scrub
      
      • S261 : Inner Alpine Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S262 : Outer Alpine Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S263 : Southwestern Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S264 : Apennine Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S265 : Hercynian Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S266 : Carpathian Pinus mugo scrub
        
        • S2661 : Carpathian subalpine mountain pine scrub
          
        • S2662 : Carpathian alpenrose mountain pine scrub
          
      • S267 : Pelago-Dinaride Pinus mugo scrub
        
      • S268 : Balkano-Rhodopide 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
    
    • S91 : Temperate riparian scrub
      
    • S92 : Salix fen scrub
      
      • S921 : Grey willow carrs
        
      • S922 : Sphagnum willow carrs
        
      • S923 : Bay willow carrs
        
      • S924 : Dwarf willow mire scrubs
        
      • S925 : Boreal sedge willow carrs
        
      • S926 : Boreo-alpine willow fen scrubs
        
    • S93 : Mediterranean riparian scrub
      
    • S94 : Semi-desert riparian scrub
      
• 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
    
  • V5 : Shrub plantations
    
    • V51 : Shrub plantations for whole-plant harvesting
      
    • V52 : Shrub plantations for leaf or branch harvest
      
    • V53 : Shrub plantations for ornamental purposes or for fruit, other than vineyards
      
    • V54 : Vineyards
      
  • V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats