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 
25 
54,676 
13 
28 
33 
602,964 
2007 
31 
69,980 
32 
34 
53 
1,485,657 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
14 
61,354 
17 
11 
31 
301,461 
2007 
14 
(D) 
28 
22 
42 
1 ,245,862 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
60 
637,438 
15 
150 
65 
(D) 
2007 
44 
510,577 
16 
101 
50 
10,800,053 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
1,326 
19,573,885 
683 
1,075 
1 ,665 
198,560,806 
2007 
1,282 
22,037,433 
564 
962 
1,547 
214,458,329 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
1,165 
13,252,473 
389 
499 
1,341 
140,804,857 
2007 
1,102 
15,819,145 
330 
543 
1,249 
160,635,687 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
84 
(D) 
179 
428 
235 
5,933,302 
2007 
64 
1,192,835 
141 
269 
188 
13,178,581 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
155 
(D) 
8 
4 
159 
3,710,556 
2007 
81 
333,213 
3 
(D) 
82 
3,268,769 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
327 
4,305,284 
107 
76 
401 
46,440,883 
2007 
387 
4,531,306 
119 
(D) 
466 
34,175,036 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
44 
142,962 
52 
67 
88 
1,671,208 
2007 
10 
160,934 
2 
(D) 
12 
3,200,256 
Flower seeds 
2012 
9 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
2007 
6 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
58 
269,396 
(X) 
(X) 
57 
379,962 
2007 
15 
107,928 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
159,092 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
593 
3,099,291 
(X) 
(X) 
592 
(D) 
2007 
323 
1,818,817 
(X) 
(X) 
322 
23,698,996 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
101 
55,225 
(X) 
(X) 
101 
505,979 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
123 
167,139 
(X) 
(X) 
123 
795,242 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
94 
234,527 
(X) 
(X) 
94 
1,276,665 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
89 
289,411 
(X) 
(X) 
88 
1,453,437 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
65 
314,022 
(X) 
(X) 
65 
1,730,308 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
52 
392,950 
(X) 
(X) 
52 
(D) 
1 0,000 or more square feet 
69 
1,646,017 
(X) 
(X) 
69 
10,206,908 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
37 
476,745 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
2,204,533 
20,000 to 39,999 square feet 
20 
514,562 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
(D) 
40,000 or more square feet 
12 
654,710 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
467 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
466 
(D) 
2007 
248 
1,390,317 
(X) 
(X) 
247 
15,406,189 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
97 
48,571 
(X) 
(X) 
97 
345,997 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
87 
120,257 
(X) 
(X) 
86 
738,072 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
84 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
84 
1,356,453 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
65 
210,067 
(X) 
(X) 
65 
1,251,110 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
51 
246,968 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
(D) 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
37 
264,654 
(X) 
(X) 
37 
1,265,451 
10,000 or more square feet 
46 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
46 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
243 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
242 
9,547,475 
2007 
132 
428,500 
(X) 
(X) 
131 
8,292,807 
Mushroom spawn (see text) 
2012 
4 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
53,774,059 
2007 
3 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
87 
15,421,562 
(X) 
(X) 
87 
529,600,970 
2007 
95 
18,990,506 
(X) 
(X) 
95 
486,672,248 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
5 
6,720 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
2,000 to 4,999 square feet 
8 
23,036 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
(D) 
5,000 to 9,999 square feet 
4 
28,136 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 square feet 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
20,000 to 49,999 square feet 
12 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
(D) 
50,000 to 99,999 square feet 
9 
712,100 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
18,675,990 
100,000 to 199,999 square feet 
21 
2,855,006 
(X) 
(X) 
21 
84,645,077 
200,000 to 499,999 square feet 
19 
5,867,884 
(X) 
(X) 
19 
176,577,942 
500,000 to 999,999 square feet 
4 
2,154,839 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
68,689,974 
1 ,000,000 or more square feet 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
204 
4,497,734 
909 
17,759 
984 
125,621,722 
2007 ^ 
150 
9,408,134 
886 
24,303 
919 
108,089,720 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
951 
16 
4,283,184 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
961 
13 
(D) 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
74 
491,033 
2 
(D) 
74 
(D) 
2007 
49 
190,156 
- 
49 
541,380 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
24 
16,601 
30 
23 
49 
77,356 
2007 
19 
18,890 
2 
(D) 
20 
44,925 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
34 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
