Table 41. Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture, Sod, Mushrooms, Vegetable Seeds, and Propagative Materials 
Grown for Sale: 201 2 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 
16 
107,777 
31 
22 
37 
(D) 
2007 
18 
145,812 
35 
20 
44 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
13 
129,465 
89 
1,877 
95 
31,893,260 
2007 
12 
95,958 
82 
823 
86 
38,208,034 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
111 
5,139,559 
64 
1,903 
143 
136,817,046 
2007 
86 
4,426,391 
69 
177 
128 
84,376,862 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
1,098 
115,337,135 
1,581 
12,535 
2,134 
1,029,723,139 
2007 
950 
103,139,657 
1,349 
12,017 
1,865 
1,222,371,503 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
482 
24,270,690 
488 
2,081 
773 
307,364,419 
2007 
374 
24,093,631 
423 
2,601 
615 
397,805,269 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
249 
50,469,142 
834 
7,279 
952 
333,813,948 
2007 
184 
38,885,970 
676 
8,126 
766 
412,597,447 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
156 
8,104,320 
77 
317 
192 
55,125,450 
2007 
209 
12,213,485 
157 
778 
287 
120,065,062 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
292 
29,919,592 
207 
1,661 
405 
281,283,269 
2007 
314 
27,854,763 
189 
431 
418 
289,618,722 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
71 
2,573,391 
92 
1,198 
145 
52,136,053 
2007 
9 
91,808 
20 
81 
27 
2,285,003 
Flower seeds 
2012 
3 
(D) 
42 
2,049 
44 
15,951,844 
2007 
6 
23,984 
23 
1,065 
29 
13,557,218 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
57 
4,845,106 
(X) 
(X) 
57 
19,120,342 
2007 
13 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
427 
28,312,315 
(X) 
(X) 
427 
164,808,642 
2007 
182 
12,924,882 
(X) 
(X) 
181 
112,284,392 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
184 
56,480 
(X) 
(X) 
184 
917,452 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
39 
50,700 
(X) 
(X) 
39 
180,662 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
26 
60,953 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
204,434 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
32 
106,482 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
3,388,879 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
28 
130,732 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
2,300,123 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
14 
107,354 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
359,802 
10,000 or more square feet 
104 
27,799,614 
(X) 
(X) 
104 
157,457,290 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
16 
173,246 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
1,417,092 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
27 
682,060 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
4,650,512 
40,000 or more square feet 
61 
26,944,308 
(X) 
(X) 
61 
151,389,686 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
223 
8,491,057 
(X) 
(X) 
221 
64,864,808 
2007 
81 
6,008,943 
(X) 
(X) 
81 
51,016,867 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
127 
29,084 
(X) 
(X) 
125 
188,728 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
20 
28,670 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
225,229 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
16 
37,784 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
202,018 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
6 
18,000 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
144,000 
4.000 to 5,999 square feet 
13 
58,600 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
346,200 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
8 
61,510 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
258,000 
10,000 or more square feet 
33 
8,257,409 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
63,500,633 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
5 
58,391 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
9 
241,092 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
19 
7,957,926 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
62,303,712 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
336 
19,821,258 
(X) 
(X) 
336 
99,943,834 
2007 
140 
6,915,939 
(X) 
(X) 
139 
61,267,525 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
2 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
74 
6,179,983 
(X) 
(X) 
74 
241,283,866 
2007 
55 
5,483,804 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
223,457,225 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
25 
6,452 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
99,648 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
2,000 to 4,999 square feet 
6 
19,743 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
338,573 
5,000 to 9,999 square feet 
7 
56,376 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
1,578,604 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
3 
47,600 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
238,686 
20,000 to 49,999 square feet 
14 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
(D) 
50,000 to 99,999 square feet 
5 
401,120 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
5,554,154 
1 00,000 to 1 99,999 square feet 
6 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
(D) 
200,000 to 499,999 square feet 
3 
715,512 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
32,406,426 
500,000 to 999,999 square feet 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
1 ,000,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
558 
38,053,449 
1,414 
31,876 
1,578 
779,682,531 
2007 1 
482 
25,179,297 
1,519 
31,889 
1,626 
1,682,234,080 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
48 
12,530 
48 
124,935,633 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
55 
19,087 
55 
252,476,652 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
377 
6 
3,289,732 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
1,620 
10 
18,355,077 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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