inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats

One of the main habitat types in the EUNIS habitats classification. They are non-coastal habitats with less than 30 % vegetation cover (other than where the vegetation is chasmophytic or on scree and or cliff) which are dry or only seasonally wet (with the water table at or above ground level for less than half of the year). Subterranean non-marine caves and passages including underground waters. Habitats characterised by the presence of permanent snow and surface ice other than marine ice bodies.