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
    
  • 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)
    
    • S71 : Western Mediterranean spiny heath
      
      • S711 : West Mediterranean mainland clifftop phrygana
        
      • S712 : Balearic clifftop phrygana
        
      • S713 : Sardinian Centaurea horrida phrygana
        
      • S714 : Sardinian Genista acanthoclada phrygana
        
      • S715 : Corsican and Sardinian Genista phrygana
        
      • S716 : Pantelleria phrygana
        
      • S717 : Central Mediterranean Sarcopoterium phrygana
        
      • S718 : Hypericum aegyptiacum phrygana
        
    • S72 : Eastern Mediterranean spiny heath (phrygana)
      
      • S721 : Aegean phrygana
        
        • S7211 : Aegean Sarcopoterium phrygana
          
        • S7212 : Maritime Centaurea spinosa phrygana
          
        • S7213 : Lesbian Centaurea spinosa phrygana
          
        • S7214 : Cycladian Centaurea phrygana
          
        • S7215 : Aegean Erica manipuliflora phrygana
          
        • S7216 : Aegean Thymus capitatus phrygana
          
        • S7217 : Aegean Genista acanthoclada phrygana
          
        • S7218 : Aegean Satureja thymbra phrygana
          
        • S7219 : Aegean Euphorbia acanthothamnos phrygana
          
        • S721A : Aegean Lithospermum hispidulum phrygana
          
        • S721B : Aegean Anthyllis hermanniae phrygana
          
      • S722 : Mid-elevation phrygana of Crete
        
      • S723 : Thracian phrygana
        
      • S724 : East Mediterranean bathas
        
    • S73 : Western Mediterranean mountain hedgehog-heath
      
    • S74 : Central Mediterranean mountain hedgehog-heath
      
    • S75 : Eastern Mediterranean mountain hedgehog-heath
      
    • S76 : Canarian mountain hedgehog-heath
      
  • S8 : Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub
    
  • S9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
    
• T : Forest and other wooded land
  
  • T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
    
  • 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
  
  • 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