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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N1 : Coastal dunes and sandy shores
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N2 : Coastal shingle
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N3 : Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral
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N31 : Atlantic and Baltic rocky sea cliff and shore
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N32 : Mediterranean and Black Sea rocky sea cliff and shore
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N33 : Macaronesian rocky sea cliff and shore
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N34 : Atlantic and Baltic soft sea cliff
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N35 : Mediterranean and Black Sea soft sea cliff
Q : Wetlands
R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
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
U1 : Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies
U11 : Cave
U12 : Disused underground mines and tunnels
U2 : Screes
U21 : Boreal and arctic siliceous scree and block field
U22 : Temperate high-mountain siliceous scree
U23 : Temperate, lowland to montane siliceous scree
U24 : Mediterranean siliceous scree
U25 : Boreal and arctic base-rich scree and block field
U26 : Temperate high-mountain base-rich scree and moraine
U27 : Temperate, lowland to montane base-rich scree
U28 : Western Mediterranean base-rich scree
U281 : Cevenno-Proven
U282 : Pyrenean calcareous screes
U283 : Oro-Cantabrian calcareous screes
U284 : Iberian calciphile fern screes
U285 : Southern Iberian calcareous screes
U286 : Central Mediterranean calcareous screes
U29 : Eastern Mediterranean base-rich scree
U2A : Crimean base-rich screes
U3 : Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops
U4 : Snow or ice-dominated habitats
U5 : Miscellaneous inland habitats usually with very sparse or no vegetation
U6 : Recent volcanic features
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
V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats