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
  
  • MH1 : Neuston
    
  • MH2 : Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity
    
  • MH3 : Completely mixed water column with full salinity
    
  • MH4 : Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium or long residence time
    
  • MH5 : Unstratified water column with reduced salinity
    
  • MH6 : Vertically stratified water column with reduced salinity
    
  • MH7 : Fronts in reduced salinity water column
    
  • MH8 : Unstratified water column with full salinity
    
  • MH9 : Vertically stratified water column with full salinity
    
  • MHA : Fronts in full salinity 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
  
• T : Forest and other wooded land
  
• U : Inland habitats with no or little soil and mostly with sparse vegetation
  
  • U1 : Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies
    
  • U2 : Screes
    
    • U21 : Boreal and arctic siliceous scree and block field
      
    • U22 : Temperate high-mountain siliceous scree
      
      • U221 : Alpine siliceous screes
        
      • U222 : Medio-European upland siliceous screes
        
      • U223 : Southeast European mountain siliceous screes
        
    • U23 : Temperate, lowland to montane siliceous scree
      
      • U231 : Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes
        
      • U232 : Oro-Cantabrian siliceous screes
        
      • U233 : Ibero-Pyrenean acidophile fern screes
        
      • U234 : Carpetano-Iberian siliceous screes
        
      • U235 : Nevadan siliceous screes
        
    • U24 : Mediterranean siliceous scree
      
      • U241 : Central Mediterranean siliceous screes
        
      • U242 : Anatolian siliceous screes
        
      • U243 : Southeast European thermo-siliceous screes
        
    • U25 : Boreal and arctic base-rich scree and block field
      
    • U26 : Temperate high-mountain base-rich scree and moraine
      
      • U261 : Alpine calcschist screes
        
      • U262 : Thlaspi rotundifolium screes
        
      • U263 : Fine calcareous screes
        
      • U264 : Carpathian calcareous screes
        
      • U265 : Rhodopide calcareous screes
        
    • 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
    
    • U61 : Subarctic volcanic field
      
      • U611 : Icelandic solfataras
        
      • U612 : Subarctic barren lava fields and flows
        
      • U613 : Subarctic volcanic ash and lapilli fields
        
    • U62 : Mediterranean, Macaronesian and temperate volcanic field
      
• V : Vegetated man-made habitats