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The review of the terrestrial component of the EUNIS habitat classification was initiated in 2015. The review concerns the groups of coastal habitats, grasslands, heathland, forest, sparsely vegetated and vegetated man-made habitats. The review was updated in January 2023 with some corrections to the existing groups and with the inclusion of wetlands and additional crosslinks. The remaining groups will be revised and published at a later stage. The classification includes cross-walks at level 3 to Habitats Directive Annex I, to European Red List of Habitats, to Bern Convention Resolution 4 habitats, to MAES and IUCN ecosystems, to Corine Land Cover classes and to the Euroveg Checklist 2016 Syntaxa. The groups of forest and heathland include also crosswalks to an earlier revision of these groups published in 2017. Habitats at level 3 are complemented with lists of characteristic species identified from the EVA database.
EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021_1 including crosswalks
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EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021_1 with crosswalks to Annex I in separate rows
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EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021_1 with crosswalks to Red List in separate rows
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The review of the marine component of the EUNIS habitat classification was initiated in 2014. Marine benthic habitats, marine pelagic and marine ice associated habitats are separated into three distinct groups, each with a separate classification structure. The first major division in the benthic marine part of the EUNIS classification is based on major biological zones (related to depth) and substrate type. Level 3 of the classification reflects the main biogeographical regions of Europe’s seas based on their distinct combinations of salinity and temperature regimes (Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea). A first review was published in 2019 and an update to this version concerning mostly the Atlantic regional sea is available since March 2022. Crosswalks to Habitats Directive Annex I and to European Red List of Habitats are available while crosswalks to EUNIS marine habitats of version 2012 for the regional seas apart from the Atlantic need to be revisited.
EUNIS marine habitat classification 2022 including crosswalks
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EUNIS marine habitats classification 2022 with crosswalks to Annex I in separate rows
(Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
EUNIS marine habitats classification 2022 with crosswalks to Red List in separate rows
(Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
A revision of EUNIS marine habitat classification was published in 2019. From June 2021 the classification was complemented with crosswalks to Habitats Directive Annex I and to European Red List of Habitats. An updated version was published in March 2022. Users should change to the 2022 version at their earliest convenience.
EUNIS marine habitat classification 2019 including crosswalks
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EUNIS marine habitats classification 2019 with crosswalks to Annex I in separate rows
(Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
EUNIS marine habitats classification 2019 with crosswalks to Red List in separate rows
(Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
The full list of EUNIS habitats 2012: codes, scientific names and revised descriptions. The habitat descriptions of the EUNIS classification 2007 were revised in 2012. The 2007 habitat types were not changed in the 2012 description revision which mostly replaced Palaearctic or UK Marine habitat classification codes used in habitat descriptions at levels 5 and below with their EUNIS classification equivalents. In 2019 the classification was further amended to include two new habitats of the revised Resolution 4 of Bern Convention as adopted at the 38th Standing Committee meeting, November 2018. The two habitats are G3.4G Pinus sylvestris forest on chalk in the steppe zone and X36 Depressions (pody) of the Steppe zone.
EUNIS habitat classification 2007 (Revised descriptions 2012) amended 2019
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Reports from the projects leading to the revision of EUNIS habitat classification, including a detailed methodology, are available at https://archives.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-biodiversity/library/eunis_classification/reports/reports. Below are documents and crosswalks for Bern Convention Resolution 4 and Habitats Directive Annex I, for Corine Land Cover and for the Palaearctic habitat classification.
Crosswalk Resolution 4 and Annex I (2022)
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Revising the marine section of the EUNIS habitat classification
(PDF document)
EUNIS habitat classification report (2004)
(PDF document)
EUNIS habitat classification users guide v2
(PDF document)
Crosswalk EUNIS 2007 and Annex I 2008
(Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
Crosswalk between EUNIS habitats classification and Corine land cover
(PDF document)
Crosswalk EUNIS 2007 and PALHAB 2001
(Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
EUNIS habitat types 2004: codes and scientific names
(PDF document)
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Vocabulary: EUNIS habitat classification (version 2012)
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The EUNIS habitat revision is on-going. Revised groups version 2019 and 2021 are published in parallel to the EUNIS habitat classification 2012. A maximum of 20 characteristic species for each of the revised habitats is included in the Excel file. The full lists of characteristic species are available from the background reports.
Cross-walks between the EUNIS habitat classification version 2012 and other typologies (e.g. Habitats Directive Annex I habitat types or Corine land cover classes) are available from the Documents tab.
The EUNIS habitat classification of 2012 is also available in:
French (translation not by the EEA)
Marine habitats volume 1 : habitats littoraux
Marine habitats volume 2 : Habitats subtidaux et complexes d’habitats
Italian (translation not by the EEA)
Habitats according to the EUNIS nomenclature: manual of classification for the Italian reality
Habitat checklists based on the EUNIS habitat classification developed at the national level:
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/eunis-habitat-classification-1 or scan the QR code.
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