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 
12 
100,880 
12 
28 
18 
276,434 
2007 
21 
39,908 
20 
26 
33 
303,330 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
11 
336,058 
30 
281 
39 
8,426,165 
2007 
16 
184,020 
13 
(D) 
29 
4,068,547 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
64 
3,720,927 
15 
97 
73 
50,256,225 
2007 
58 
2,071,351 
19 
184 
73 
28,661,100 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
977 
59,025,497 
584 
2,325 
1,286 
469,485,381 
2007 
1,039 
52,915,651 
551 
3,413 
1,330 
439,220,434 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
873 
51,075,210 
363 
850 
1,043 
405,029,531 
2007 
955 
44,368,310 
377 
1,713 
1,129 
380,720,857 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
51 
1 1 1 ,448 
184 
1,258 
214 
7,102,004 
2007 
42 
175,956 
149 
1,628 
176 
10,403,276 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
90 
920,840 
22 
27 
107 
5,684,365 
2007 
74 
685,871 
9 
3 
78 
2,614,566 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
188 
6,761,260 
55 
159 
230 
50,788,484 
2007 
241 
7,554,104 
69 
66 
291 
45,086,155 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
31 
156,739 
29 
32 
56 
880,997 
2007 
10 
131,410 
4 
4 
12 
395,580 
Flower seeds 
2012 
11 
17,685 
11 
71 
20 
273,860 
2007 
11 
54,254 
8 
64 
15 
188,756 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
15 
68,981 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
2007 
14 
32,642 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
33,227 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
341 
1,331,275 
(X) 
(X) 
341 
4,632,778 
2007 
170 
782,938 
(X) 
(X) 
170 
2,707,450 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
114 
43,054 
(X) 
(X) 
114 
424,773 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
54 
73,427 
(X) 
(X) 
54 
632,742 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
55 
129,083 
(X) 
(X) 
55 
444,218 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
34 
111,606 
(X) 
(X) 
34 
420,952 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
35 
165,653 
(X) 
(X) 
35 
555,892 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
26 
186,470 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
587,798 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
23 
621,982 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
1,566,403 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
13 
184,902 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
424,811 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
7 
179,820 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
744,075 
40,000 or more square feet 
3 
257,260 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
397,517 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
242 
570,187 
(X) 
(X) 
242 
2,525,444 
2007 
127 
471,665 
(X) 
(X) 
127 
1,206,121 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
98 
36,042 
(X) 
(X) 
98 
270,378 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
47 
64,622 
(X) 
(X) 
47 
326,462 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
32 
74,827 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
299,774 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
26 
84,273 
(X) 
(X) 
26 
514,832 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
23 
103,740 
(X) 
(X) 
23 
351,920 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
9 
63,773 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
327,928 
10,000 or more square feet 
7 
142,910 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
434,150 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
228 
761,088 
(X) 
(X) 
228 
2,107,334 
2007 
84 
311,273 
(X) 
(X) 
84 
1,501,329 
Mushrooms 
2012 
10 
10,954 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
11,502 
2007 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
26,858 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
161 
13,660,430 
810 
17,472 
867 
177,990,951 
2007 1 
120 
9,803,292 
769 
16,095 
768 
131,403,626 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
44 
6,057 
43 
16,320,504 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
9,474 
51 
16,365,057 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
63 
10 
102,500 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
200 
7 
455,000 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
516 
7 
1,714,538 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
2,293 
14 
6,116,466 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
17 
20,644 
21 
25 
32 
78,708 
2007 
24 
92,406 
9 
14 
33 
(D) 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
102 
1,084,646 
26 
97 
108 
4,205,048 
2007 
43 
898,284 
7 
9 
47 
(D) 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
36 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
