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) 
5 
2 
7 
30,138 
2007 
4 
2,047 
5 
1 
9 
21,694 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
1 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
2007 
5 
91,900 
18 
70 
21 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
8 
158,660 
9 
117 
14 
3,007,200 
2007 
30 
760,740 
8 
10 
33 
14,226,950 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
200 
8,837,005 
144 
442 
277 
91,655,321 
2007 
212 
9,329,568 
147 
561 
278 
87,088,158 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
137 
5,282,671 
77 
218 
182 
69,756,606 
2007 
158 
6,133,725 
90 
178 
197 
67,773,942 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
7 
15,176 
26 
71 
33 
447,844 
2007 
7 
33,670 
26 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
41 
1,886,698 
9 
6 
48 
10,270,069 
2007 
47 
691,893 
10 
(D) 
51 
3,386,946 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
60 
1 ,332,955 
35 
79 
86 
8,308,332 
2007 
75 
2,331,358 
38 
220 
93 
13,691,287 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
20 
319,505 
15 
67 
29 
2,872,470 
2007 
5 
138,922 
4 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
4 
2,470 
8 
26 
11 
21,265 
2007 
4 
420 
1 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
11 
9,569 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
66 
327,390 
(X) 
(X) 
66 
(D) 
2007 
30 
251,739 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
1,954,022 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
49 
158,910 
(X) 
(X) 
49 
(D) 
2007 
26 
79,039 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
705,046 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
39 
168,480 
(X) 
(X) 
39 
(D) 
2007 
12 
172,700 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
1,248,976 
Mushrooms 
2012 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
93 
6,312,261 
240 
5,189 
276 
94,941,308 
2007 ^ 
100 
6,151,997 
288 
6,758 
306 
99,704,294 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
84 
17,603 
84 
48,022,762 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
97 
23,722 
97 
58,129,093 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
66 
11 
164,000 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
449 
17 
943,200 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
709 
10 
1,909,194 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
3,027 
22 
7,144,900 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
3,387 
11 
8,330,906 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
4,650 
8 
13,239,944 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
5,315 
5 
16,290,618 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
10 
20 
13 
45,147 
2007 
5 
2,160 
11 
12 
15 
19,414 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
8 
58,390 
10 
14 
18 
290,276 
2007 
7 
118,366 
1 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
