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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Q : Wetlands
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R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
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S : Heathland, scrub and tundra
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S1 : Tundra
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S11 : Shrub tundra
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S12 : Moss and lichen 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)
S8 : Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub
S81 : Canarian xerophytic scrub
S82 : Madeiran xerophytic scrub
S9 : Riverine and fen scrubs
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
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
U62 : Mediterranean, Macaronesian and temperate volcanic field
V : Vegetated man-made habitats
V1 : Arable land and market gardens
V11 : Intensive unmixed crops
V111 : Large-scale intensive unmixed crops (>25ha)
V112 : Medium-scale intensive unmixed crops (1-25ha)
V113 : Small-scale intensive unmixed crops (<1ha)
V12 : Mixed crops of market gardens and horticulture
V13 : Arable land with unmixed crops grown by low-intensity agricultural methods
V14 : Inundated or inundatable croplands, including rice fields
V15 : Bare tilled, fallow or recently abandoned arable land
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
V61 : Broadleaved fruit and nut tree orchards
V62 : Evergreen orchards and groves
V63 : Lines of planted trees
V64 : Small deciduous broadleaved planted other wooded land
V65 : Small evergreen broadleaved planted other wooded land
V66 : Small coniferous planted other wooded land