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
  
  • MJ1 : Sea ice
    
  • MJ2 : Freshwater ice
    
    • MJ21 : Arctic freshwater ice
      
  • MJ3 : Brine channels
    
    • MJ31 : Arctic brine channels
      
      • MJ311 : Arctic brine channels in first year ice
        
      • MJ312 : Brine channels in multi-year ice
        
    • MJ32 : Baltic brine channels
      
  • MJ4 : Under-ice habitat
    
• N : Coastal habitats
  
  • N1 : Coastal dunes and sandy shores
    
  • N2 : Coastal shingle
    
  • N3 : Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral
    
• 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
  
• 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