Table 41 . Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crops 
Under glass or other protection 
In the open 
Value of sales 
Farms 
Square feet 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Dollars 
Aquatic plants 
2012 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2007 
8 
8,850 
5 
5 
10 
237,000 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
3 
(D) 
10 
7 
13 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(D) 
8 
14 
10 
28,785 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
9 
8,313 
2 
(D) 
11 
119,675 
2007 
5 
43,075 
9 
4 
13 
195,661 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
107 
2,738,505 
81 
213 
146 
25,065,004 
2007 
128 
2,461,384 
85 
315 
178 
(D) 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
89 
2,123,579 
38 
114 
107 
20,240,897 
2007 
108 
1,666,944 
58 
225 
147 
11,067,953 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
9 
24,200 
26 
52 
29 
533,689 
2007 
4 
(D) 
16 
46 
17 
(D) 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
14 
105,196 
- 
- 
14 
(D) 
2007 
22 
172,332 
11 
20 
29 
1,749,151 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
18 
433,186 
8 
5 
25 
3,217,809 
2007 
37 
552,388 
12 
24 
44 
(D) 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
4 
52,344 
14 
42 
16 
(D) 
2007 
5 
(D) 
- 
- 
5 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
4 
(Z) 
7 
10,480 
2007 
4 
8,100 
1 
(D) 
5 
2,780 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
3 
1,688 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
5,739 
2007 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
5,200 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
56 
159,373 
(X) 
(X) 
56 
556,893 
2007 
31 
46,434 
(X) 
(X) 
31 
353,481 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
40 
78,041 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
289,024 
2007 
21 
35,982 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
269,865 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
24 
81,332 
(X) 
(X) 
24 
267,869 
2007 
13 
10,452 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
83,616 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
(D) 
2007 
5 
59,420 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
31 
246,424 
75 
558 
86 
6,812,015 
2007 ^ 
37 
316,424 
104 
1,152 
123 
(D) 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
5,279 
32 
8,944,528 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
46 
8,276 
46 
16,392,078 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
124 
13 
(D) 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
67 
3 
119,450 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
3 
340,000 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
1,020 
7 
2,135,989 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,108 
4 
2,487,069 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
5 
4,000 
5 
3 
10 
14,780 
2007 
4 
5,300 
4 
3 
8 
6,439 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
10 
5,160 
- 
- 
10 
10,192 
2007 
6 
6,018 
4 
2 
8 
22,746 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
