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
          
        • 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
    
    • S31 : Lowland to montane temperate and submediterranean Juniperus scrub
      
    • S32 : Temperate Rubus scrub
      
    • S33 : Lowland to montane temperate and submediterranean genistoid scrub
      
    • S34 : Balkan-Anatolian submontane genistoid scrub
      
    • S35 : Temperate and submediterranean thorn scrub
      
    • S36 : Low steppic scrub
      
    • S37 : Corylus avellana scrub
      
    • S38 : Temperate forest clearing scrub
      
  • S4 : Temperate shrub heathland
    
    • S41 : Wet heath
      
    • S42 : Dry heath
      
      • S421 : Submontane Vaccinium - Calluna heaths
        
      • S422 : Sub-Atlantic Calluna - Genista heaths
        
      • S423 : Atlantic Erica - Ulex heaths
        
      • S424 : Ibero-Atlantic Erica - Ulex - Cistus heaths
        
      • S425 : Boreo-Atlantic Erica cinerea heaths
        
      • S426 : Inland dune heaths
        
    • S43 : Macaronesian heath
      
  • S5 : Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean scrub
    
    • S51 : Mediterranean maquis and arborescent matorral
      
    • S52 : Submediterranean pseudomaquis
      
    • S53 : Spartium junceum scrub
      
    • S54 : Thermomediterranean arid scrub
      
      • S541 : Mediterranean pre-desert scrub
        
        • S5411 : Iberian jujube brush
          
        • S5412 : Sicilian jujube brush
          
        • S5413 : Maytenus brushes
          
        • S5414 : Iberian Periploca scrubs
          
        • S5415 : Sicilian Channel Periploca scrubs
          
        • S5416 : Iberian tall arid brushes
          
        • S5417 : Iberian arid garrigues
          
      • S542 : Western Tethyan xero-psammitic brushes
        
        • S5421 : Southern Andalusian "monte blanco"
          
        • S5422 : Guadalquivir xero-psammitic brushes
          
        • S5423 : Algarve xero-psammitic brushes
          
        • S5424 : Lusitanian xero-psammitic brushes
          
  • 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