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 
27 
362,926 
52 
70 
69 
7,153,476 
2007 
21 
313,596 
49 
500 
61 
9,557,129 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
10 
23,200 
30 
849 
36 
6,914,680 
2007 
6 
(D) 
39 
1,348 
41 
10,538,903 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
92 
10,102,575 
82 
377 
157 
110,742,437 
2007 
105 
8,452,393 
67 
157 
152 
91,273,587 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
1,202 
311,919,291 
1,296 
8,525 
1,996 
770,484,038 
2007 
956 
255,981,229 
996 
9,801 
1,593 
909,212,711 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
296 
23,921,439 
362 
1,081 
541 
169,730,224 
2007 
177 
21,256,379 
244 
1,329 
358 
170,778,118 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
166 
161,359,425 
307 
3,058 
381 
96,010,551 
2007 
105 
115,110,097 
241 
5,318 
286 
129,406,450 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
497 
94,090,487 
328 
2,271 
671 
386,966,856 
2007 
482 
104,087,192 
363 
2,166 
691 
465,720,083 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
332 
28,664,468 
238 
1,069 
487 
107,284,705 
2007 
282 
15,014,660 
226 
963 
451 
142,785,131 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
71 
3,883,472 
174 
1,047 
217 
10,491,702 
2007 
14 
512,901 
18 
26 
26 
522,929 
Flower seeds 
2012 
10 
1,739 
17 
66 
23 
99,102 
2007 
2 
(D) 
11 
41 
12 
60,180 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
39 
223,319 
(X) 
(X) 
36 
882,665 
2007 
17 
593,323 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
208 
3,518,696 
(X) 
(X) 
208 
(D) 
2007 
81 
2,783,850 
(X) 
(X) 
77 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
68 
24,665 
(X) 
(X) 
68 
648,026 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
24 
32,963 
(X) 
(X) 
24 
156,887 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
35 
83,264 
(X) 
(X) 
35 
580,808 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
27 
91,016 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
305,030 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
11 
48,000 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
146,360 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
3 
24,000 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
66,700 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
40 
3,214,788 
(X) 
(X) 
40 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
14 
149,848 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
396,870 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
8 
201,940 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
714,037 
40,000 or more square feet 
18 
2,863,000 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
101 
890,226 
(X) 
(X) 
101 
5,732,519 
2007 
21 
609,940 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
159 
2,628,470 
(X) 
(X) 
159 
(D) 
2007 
63 
2,173,910 
(X) 
(X) 
59 
15,539,442 
Mushrooms 
2012 
18 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
(D) 
2007 
12 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
653 
65,221,237 
3,051 
51,657 
3,181 
599,002,660 
2007 1 
575 
68,835,482 
3,047 
45,134 
3,139 
844,297,935 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
175 
62,120 
175 
170,944,240 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
193 
84,430 
193 
175,945,432 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
173 
28 
516,862 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
1,033 
37 
2,341,305 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
1,044 
17 
2,874,585 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
5,226 
33 
12,647,918 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
4,664 
15 
9,885,427 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
13,032 
25 
36,884,903 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
36,948 
20 
105,793,240 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
27 
41,144 
8 
24 
35 
111,040 
2007 
7 
61,908 
7 
44 
10 
81,496 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
35 
1,339,994 
24 
66 
50 
3,223,122 
2007 
9 
909,840 
3 
(D) 
11 
4,097,738 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
36 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
