| Code | Category of habitat |
A Aa Ad Ag As | farmland avenues and single trees arable fields dikes, fences, hedgerows etc. farmland with small biotopes |
| B | urban areas (including buildings, houses, gardens, ruderal areas, pits etc.) |
D Di Dk | dunes inland dunes coastal dunes |
E Ee Ek Em Eo | meadows naturally eutrophic meadows calcareous meadows naturally mesotrophic meadows naturally oligotrophic meadows |
| H | heathland |
K Ke Ko Ks Kt | coastal areas coastal meadows and swamps commons stony and sandy beeches cliffs |
M Me Mh Mm Mo | fens naturally eutrophic fens bogs (active) naturally mesotrophic fens naturally oligotrophic fens |
O Ok Oo Op | dry grassland (incl. slopes) shrubby dry grassland open dry grassland parklands |
| R | rocks and stones |
S Sb Sg Sl Sn Ss Su | woodlands forest margins and glades old growth forest (both deciduous and conifer forests) deciduous forest conifer forest swamp forest untouched forest (both deciduous and conifer forests) |
T Tb Tk Tl | the sea (saline water) the zostera belt open sea (over the continental shelf) lagoons/estuaries |
V Ve Vk Vm Vo Vs Vv | fresh water (incl. banks at water courses and lakes) naturally eutrophic lakes springs naturally mesotrophic lakes naturally oligotrophic lakes water hole (incl. temporary) water courses |