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 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
2007 
1 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
4 
(D) 
14 
7 
18 
100,689 
2007 
3 
27,750 
11 
10 
14 
97,742 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
40 
40,926 
8 
3 
48 
230,770 
2007 
26 
35,185 
2 
(D) 
28 
296,640 
Flericulture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
438 
2,473,500 
359 
300 
648 
25,222,010 
2007 
399 
2,471,473 
235 
238 
500 
23,560,794 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
374 
2,102,115 
193 
169 
481 
22,339,914 
2007 
359 
2,132,002 
161 
172 
423 
20,392,461 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
45 
121,614 
157 
86 
183 
1,213,867 
2007 
25 
59,855 
78 
54 
91 
821,245 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
31 
82,562 
2 
(D) 
31 
357,453 
2007 
18 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
51 
129,443 
36 
35 
84 
1,130,033 
2007 
80 
243,830 
17 
11 
91 
1,856,938 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
26 
37,766 
13 
(D) 
38 
180,743 
2007 
3 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
29 
14,152 
4 
2 
33 
(D) 
2007 
6 
11,800 
1 
(D) 
6 
43,980 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
13 
46,262 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
357,572 
2007 
9 
6,682 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
7,823 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
386 
2,955,180 
(X) 
(X) 
381 
(D) 
2007 
125 
1 ,289,335 
(X) 
(X) 
125 
(D) 
2012 farms by area: 
1 to 999 square feet 
125 
57,942 
(X) 
(X) 
120 
271,905 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 square feet 
94 
133,601 
(X) 
(X) 
94 
545,035 
2,000 to 2,999 square feet 
64 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
64 
(D) 
3,000 to 3,999 square feet 
33 
106,302 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
410,109 
4,000 to 5,999 square feet 
36 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
36 
479,398 
6,000 to 9,999 square feet 
14 
103,319 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
383,841 
10,000 or more square feet 
20 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
307 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
302 
(D) 
2007 
104 
1,173,913 
(X) 
(X) 
104 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
239 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
239 
1,862,086 
2007 
53 
115,422 
(X) 
(X) 
53 
844,840 
Mushrooms 
2012 
12 
150,918 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
7,440 
2007 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
35 
76,684 
219 
758 
239 
(D) 
2007 ^ 
12 
95,166 
140 
1,057 
144 
6,873,044 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
9 
958 
9 
5,094,869 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
8 
930 
8 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
32 
24,618 
28 
63 
47 
371,995 
2007 
15 
9,325 
5 
7 
17 
64,061 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
99 
79,582 
13 
16 
104 
225,443 
2007 
37 
45,354 
5 
13 
37 
192,188 
' 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Maine 33 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
