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
  
  • T1 : Deciduous broadleaved forest
    
    • T11 : Temperate Salix and Populus riparian forest
      
    • T12 : Alnus glutinosa-Alnus incana forest on riparian and mineral soils
      
    • T13 : Temperate hardwood riparian forest
      
    • T14 : Mediterranean and Macaronesian riparian forest
      
    • T15 : Broadleaved swamp forest on non-acid peat
      
    • T16 : Broadleaved mire forest on acid peat
      
    • T17 : Fagus forest on non-acid soils
      
    • T18 : Fagus forest on acid soils
      
    • T19 : Temperate and submediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
      
      • T191 : Western Quercus pubescens forests and related communities
        
      • T192 : Cyrno-Sardinian Quercus pubescens forests
        
      • T193 : Eastern Quercus pubescens forests
        
      • T194 : Italo-Illyrian Ostrya carpinifolia sub-thermophilous Quercus forests
        
      • T195 : Southeastern sub-thermophilous Quercus forests
        
      • T196 : Balkano-Anatolian thermophilous Quercus forests
        
      • T197 : Afro-Iberian thermophilous Quercus forests
        
      • T198 : Quercus trojana forest
        
      • T199 : Steppe Quercus forests
        
      • T19A : Quercus pyrenaica forest
        
      • T19B : Mixed thermophilous forest
        
      • T19C : Castanea sativa forest
        
    • T1A : Mediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
      
    • T1B : Acidophilous Quercus forest
      
    • T1C : Temperate and boreal mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils
      
    • T1D : Southern European mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils
      
    • T1E : Carpinus and Quercus mesic deciduous forest
      
    • T1F : Ravine forest
      
    • T1G : Alnus cordata forest
      
    • T1H : Broadleaved deciduous plantation of non site-native trees
      
    • T1J : Deciduous self sown forest of non site-native trees
      
    • T1K : Broadleaved deciduous plantation of site-native trees
      
  • T2 : Broadleaved evergreen forest
    
    • T21 : Mediterranean evergreen Quercus forest
      
    • T22 : Mainland laurophyllous forest
      
    • T23 : Macaronesian laurophyllous forest
      
    • T24 : Olea europaea-Ceratonia siliqua forest
      
    • T25 : Phoenix theophrasti vegetation
      
    • T26 : Phoenix canariensis vegetation
      
    • T27 : Ilex aquifolium forest
      
    • T28 : Macaronesian heathy forest
      
    • T29 : Broadleaved evergreen plantation of non site-native trees
      
    • T2A : Broadleaved evergreen plantation of site-native trees
      
  • 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
    
    • V21 : Large-scale ornamental garden areas
      
      • V211 : Park flower beds, arbours and shrubbery
        
      • V212 : Botanical gardens
        
    • V22 : Small-scale ornamental and domestic garden areas
      
    • V23 : Recently abandoned garden areas
      
  • V3 : Artificial grasslands and herb dominated habitats
    
  • V4 : Hedgerows
    
  • V5 : Shrub plantations
    
  • V6 : Tree dominated man-made habitats