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 
277 
1,642,080 
337 
552 
515 
20,756,332 
2007 
364 
1,712,080 
423 
1,128 
651 
35,193,380 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
193 
1,306,346 
681 
6,199 
830 
72,766,990 
2007 
247 
2,111,759 
717 
6,060 
896 
90,304,021 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
1,114 
35,627,552 
594 
5,670 
1,509 
585,066,367 
2007 
1,066 
29,975,544 
612 
4,089 
1,447 
440,932,591 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
18,724 
873,290,590 
14,456 
52,617 
26,884 
5,888,527,346 
2007 
18,670 
819,940,649 
13,154 
54,196 
26,137 
6,466,885,753 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
14,216 
363,168,274 
6,948 
15,883 
17,655 
3,656,264,997 
2007 
14,747 
361,050,691 
7,120 
18,647 
18,337 
3,763,633,057 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
1,706 
235,150,518 
4,981 
22,780 
5,874 
570,526,566 
2007 
1,316 
174,339,910 
4,343 
25,698 
5,056 
711,369,050 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
2,300 
123,852,034 
716 
3,441 
2,691 
563,605,090 
2007 
2,099 
139,863,389 
883 
4,846 
2,593 
733,423,833 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
4,051 
137,145,434 
2,000 
5,323 
5,419 
983,856,086 
2007 
5,006 
142,637,616 
1,969 
4,211 
6,257 
1,239,520,013 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
880 
13,974,330 
1,174 
5,191 
1,827 
114,274,607 
2007 
172 
2,049,043 
182 
794 
301 
18,939,800 
Flower seeds 
2012 
212 
368,593 
323 
8,361 
515 
32,378,251 
2007 
191 
319,577 
320 
9,709 
491 
35,995,358 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
673 
7,950,774 
(X) 
(X) 
655 
28,976,671 
2007 
249 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
244 
1 1 ,422,793 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
8,750 
97,999,731 
(X) 
(X) 
8,712 
634,486,003 
2007 
4,075 
61,765,935 
(X) 
(X) 
4,056 
553,034,688 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
2,664 
1,038,176 
(X) 
(X) 
2,646 
7,325,153 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
1,462 
2,011,941 
(X) 
(X) 
1,456 
9,635,481 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
1,459 
3,472,036 
(X) 
(X) 
1,454 
18,210,155 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
851 
2,780,909 
(X) 
(X) 
846 
19,462,319 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
768 
3,652,685 
(X) 
(X) 
768 
18,664,466 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
642 
4,735,010 
(X) 
(X) 
640 
23,883,220 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
904 
80,308,974 
(X) 
(X) 
902 
537,305,209 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
481 
6,235,708 
(X) 
(X) 
480 
34,507,089 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
243 
6,321,506 
(X) 
(X) 
242 
29,512,031 
40,000 or more square feet 
180 
67,751,760 
(X) 
(X) 
180 
473,286,089 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
6,323 
55,180,582 
(X) 
(X) 
6,285 
400,286,262 
2007 
2,926 
43,949,871 
(X) 
(X) 
2,919 
393,783,610 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
2,433 
906,426 
(X) 
(X) 
2,411 
5,773,833 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
1,108 
1 ,489,989 
(X) 
(X) 
1,098 
8,621,990 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
944 
2,257,757 
(X) 
(X) 
944 
12,889,565 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
543 
1,749,713 
(X) 
(X) 
541 
9,586,923 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
467 
2,206,687 
(X) 
(X) 
467 
12,318,118 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
411 
3,008,866 
(X) 
(X) 
408 
15,143,911 
10,000 or more square feet 
417 
43,561,144 
(X) 
(X) 
416 
335,951,922 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
218 
2,769,576 
(X) 
(X) 
218 
13,659,123 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
117 
3,000,994 
(X) 
(X) 
117 
11,467,513 
40,000 or more square feet 
82 
37,790,574 
(X) 
(X) 
81 
310,825,286 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
5,268 
42,819,149 
(X) 
(X) 
5,242 
234,199,741 
2007 
2,032 
17,816,064 
(X) 
(X) 
2,015 
159,251,078 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
28 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
55,507,442 
2007 
16 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
33,919,494 
Mushrooms 
2012 
712 
37,416,059 
(X) 
(X) 
704 
1,071,500,006 
2007 
462 
45,308,740 
(X) 
(X) 
460 
985,295,349 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
321 
82,837 
(X) 
(X) 
319 
1,066,283 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
53 
65,815 
(X) 
(X) 
52 
1,052,748 
2,000 to 4,999 square feet 
117 
438,641 
(X) 
(X) 
116 
6,034,661 
5,000 to 9,999 square feet 
36 
248,634 
(X) 
(X) 
34 
8,763,584 
1 0,000 to 1 9,999 square feet 
32 
402,654 
(X) 
(X) 
31 
5,109,868 
20,000 to 49,999 square feet 
50 
1,599,904 
(X) 
(X) 
50 
57,170,937 
50,000 to 99,999 square feet 
28 
2,202,816 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
29,104,710 
100,000 to 199,999 square feet 
29 
3,962,286 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
129,034,429 
200,000 to 499,999 square feet 
29 
8,869,140 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
270,390,008 
500,000 to 999,999 square feet 
9 
5,446,439 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
235,377,786 
1 ,000,000 or more square feet 
8 
14,096,893 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
328,394,992 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
4,883 
258,498,855 
19,184 
404,382 
20,650 
5,104,694,108 
2007 ^ 
4,590 
221,813,698 
20,906 
446,496 
22,130 
6,568,562,723 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
1,739 
321 ,309 
1,738 
1,011,490,194 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
1,881 
409,440 
1,878 
1,353,422,529 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
395 
2,135 
395 
9,042,103 
1 5.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
358 
10,272 
358 
35,461,382 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
247 
16,499 
247 
50,535,697 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
372 
56,719 
371 
180,669,185 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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