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
    
    • MJ11 : Arctic sea ice
      
      • MJ111 : Seasonal Arctic pack-ice
        
      • MJ112 : Permanent Arctic pack-ice
        
      • MJ113 : Arctic Ice floes
        
    • MJ12 : Baltic sea ice
      
      • MJ121 : Seasonal Baltic pack-ice
        
      • MJ122 : Baltic Ice floes
        
  • MJ2 : Freshwater ice
    
    • MJ21 : Arctic freshwater ice
      
  • MJ3 : Brine channels
    
  • MJ4 : Under-ice habitat
    
• N : Coastal habitats
  
• R : Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens
  
  • R1 : Dry grasslands
    
  • R2 : Mesic grasslands
    
    • R21 : Mesic permanent pasture of lowlands and mountains
      
    • R22 : Low and medium altitude hay meadow
      
    • R23 : Mountain hay meadow
      
    • R24 : Iberian summer pasture (vallicar)
      
  • R3 : Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
    
    • R31 : Mediterranean tall humid inland grassland
      
      • R311 : Mediterranean tall humid grassland of mountains
        
      • R312 : Mediterranean tall humid grassland of lowlands
        
    • R32 : Mediterranean short moist grassland of lowlands
      
    • R33 : Mediterranean short moist grassland of mountains
      
    • R34 : Submediterranean moist meadow
      
    • R35 : Moist or wet mesotrophic to eutrophic hay meadow
      
      • R351 : Atlantic and sub-Atlantic humid meadows
        
      • R352 : Juncus acutiflorus meadows
        
      • R353 : Subcontinental riverine meadows
        
      • R354 : Recently abandoned hay meadows
        
      • R355 : Continental humid meadows
        
      • R356 : Northern boreal alluvial meadows
        
    • R36 : Moist or wet mesotrophic to eutrophic pasture
      
    • R37 : Temperate and boreal moist or wet oligotrophic grassland
      
  • R4 : Alpine and subalpine grasslands
    
  • R5 : Forest fringes and clearings and tall forb stands
    
  • R6 : Inland salt steppes and salt marshes
    
  • R7 : Sparsely wooded grasslands
    
• 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