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
-
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
-
U23 : Temperate, lowland to montane siliceous scree
-
U24 : Mediterranean siliceous scree
-
U241 : Central Mediterranean siliceous screes
-
U242 : Anatolian siliceous screes
-
U243 : Southeast European thermo-siliceous screes