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 
13 
52,312 
14 
18 
23 
955,216 
2007 
16 
28,220 
13 
8 
20 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
6 
7,300 
35 
65 
41 
(D) 
2007 
9 
(D) 
28 
26 
36 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
52 
689,656 
18 
26 
61 
11,122,692 
2007 
40 
280,510 
26 
44 
58 
2,776,906 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
715 
25,122,091 
529 
1,165 
980 
286,856,395 
2007 
641 
21,337,221 
492 
835 
898 
260,670,801 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
605 
18,266,989 
323 
399 
749 
231,172,440 
2007 
534 
15,867,143 
341 
463 
703 
211,617,141 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
49 
(D) 
147 
638 
171 
6,067,351 
2007 
33 
537,169 
111 
274 
128 
4,233,669 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
101 
862,545 
21 
26 
112 
10,906,390 
2007 
70 
454,040 
9 
7 
76 
4,744,581 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
191 
5,196,717 
88 
85 
243 
38,252,713 
2007 
184 
4,470,528 
80 
68 
232 
39,786,817 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
2 
(D) 
15 
18 
15 
457,501 
2007 
9 
8,341 
14 
23 
19 
288,593 
Flower seeds 
2012 
4 
9,592 
4 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
2007 
8 
7,100 
8 
9 
16 
90,026 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
8 
6,054 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
3,992 
2007 
8 
9,290 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
23,495 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
284 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
284 
8,433,056 
2007 
160 
627,001 
(X) 
(X) 
157 
5,196,062 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
71 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
71 
103,073 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
43 
56,522 
(X) 
(X) 
43 
(D) 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
74 
176,774 
(X) 
(X) 
74 
626,018 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
20 
62,594 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
(D) 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
24 
118,515 
(X) 
(X) 
24 
(D) 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
21 
161,790 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
740,644 
10,000 or more square feet 
31 
609,219 
(X) 
(X) 
31 
2,382,719 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
18 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
1,237,773 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
12 
301,000 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
179 
583,151 
(X) 
(X) 
179 
2,969,017 
2007 
127 
471,353 
(X) 
(X) 
125 
2,243,302 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
172 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
172 
5,464,039 
2007 
65 
155,648 
(X) 
(X) 
64 
2,952,760 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
5 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
1,000 
2007 
3 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
6,000 
Mushrooms 
2012 
107 
326,213 
(X) 
(X) 
107 
361,316 
2007 
60 
2,121 
(X) 
(X) 
60 
108,609 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
243 
9,022,676 
1,137 
21,023 
1,194 
234,777,924 
2007 1 
234 
4,824,577 
1,163 
23,333 
1,242 
251,810,276 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
98 
13,762 
98 
34,841,658 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
87 
13,496 
87 
45,598,333 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
148 
21 
373,250 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
29 
955 
29 
3,169,327 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
743 
11 
1,850,919 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
3,324 
22 
10,361,419 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
1,637 
5 
3,108,738 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
2,972 
6 
7,458,005 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
3,983 
4 
8,520,000 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
91 
1,057,914 
5 
(D) 
91 
2,338,656 
2007 
57 
910,120 
- 
57 
1,571,665 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
8 
22,280 
8 
47 
12 
126,060 
2007 
11 
24,900 
8 
11 
19 
29,390 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
107 
522,872 
22 
114 
120 
2,331,302 
2007 
60 
247,921 
20 
20 
77 
694,197 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data North Carolina 35 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
