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 
8 
87,006 
6 
(D) 
8 
937,716 
2007 
9 
70,575 
7 
(D) 
10 
1,791,365 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
1 
(D) 
5 
9 
6 
47,520 
2007 
2 
(D) 
5 
12 
5 
33,377 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
14 
210,909 
3 
(D) 
15 
1,589,293 
2007 
10 
197,555 
7 
(D) 
15 
2,624,342 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
251 
7,116,099 
152 
366 
310 
82,918,579 
2007 
314 
7,725,935 
200 
425 
406 
82,723,067 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
218 
5,490,595 
93 
171 
244 
66,124,106 
2007 
272 
5,675,955 
114 
261 
317 
70,739,582 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
26 
67,436 
46 
100 
57 
1,138,488 
2007 
28 
137,181 
72 
112 
84 
1,809,593 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
15 
60,639 
3 
(D) 
17 
429,387 
2007 
18 
98,693 
4 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
54 
1,493,847 
16 
76 
62 
15,112,447 
2007 
86 
1,814,106 
29 
41 
104 
9,365,981 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
4 
3,582 
10 
(D) 
13 
114,151 
2007 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
(D) 
3 
2 
4 
3,870 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
9 
11,738 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
32,922 
2007 
8 
160,036 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
96 
395,348 
(X) 
(X) 
96 
2,308,385 
2007 
72 
300,598 
(X) 
(X) 
72 
1,947,783 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
18 
10,593 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
69,948 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
11 
16,585 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
57,460 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
26 
66,220 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
(D) 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
15 
49,014 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
15 
71,792 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
7 
52,200 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
154,548 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
4 
128,944 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
81 
291,633 
(X) 
(X) 
81 
2,099,752 
2007 
55 
231,594 
(X) 
(X) 
55 
1,556,451 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
37 
103,715 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
208,633 
2007 
33 
69,004 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
391,332 
Mushrooms 
2012 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
(D) 
2007 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
43 
2,455,474 
166 
8,111 
176 
75,206,799 
2007 1 
50 
3,735,094 
246 
10,689 
261 
97,446,286 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
4,462 
25 
(D) 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
30 
4,152 
30 
19,769,749 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
31 
7 
89,015 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
141 
5 
1,153,864 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
788 
5 
5,499,757 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,102 
4 
3,425,500 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
2007 
3 
3,880 
" 
3 
8,390 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
6 
7,888 
13 
25 
15 
55,820 
2007 
3 
2,400 
5 
10 
8 
10,750 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
37 
84,007 
15 
69 
51 
588,909 
2007 
32 
79,489 
7 
8 
37 
613,342 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
