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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
6 
177,785 
2 
(D) 
6 
263,650 
2007 
6 
37,150 
3 
(Z) 
8 
443,500 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
130 
972,795 
114 
278 
190 
8,670,523 
2007 
119 
1,043,055 
76 
145 
168 
8,678,677 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
119 
849,688 
63 
182 
154 
7,074,214 
2007 
110 
836,707 
47 
57 
136 
7,112,679 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
7 
10,686 
29 
58 
33 
379,073 
2007 
6 
(D) 
24 
70 
29 
189,324 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
12 
17,978 
- 
- 
12 
98,279 
2007 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
14 
77,843 
22 
26 
36 
854,074 
2007 
24 
128,121 
16 
17 
38 
1,221,325 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
7 
16,600 
13 
11 
19 
264,883 
2007 
1 
(D) 
3 
2 
4 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
5 
8,105 
1 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
2007 
6 
10,032 
- 
6 
(D) 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
_ 
_ 
(X) 
(X) 
_ 
_ 
2007 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
1 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
56 
146,578 
(X) 
(X) 
56 
639,502 
2007 
28 
348,921 
(X) 
(X) 
28 
(D) 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
48 
101,962 
(X) 
(X) 
48 
529,542 
2007 
15 
252,864 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
31 
44,616 
(X) 
(X) 
31 
109,960 
2007 
18 
96,057 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
333,356 
Mushrooms 
2012 
6 
1,546 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
3,033 
2007 
4 
3,060 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
(D) 
Nursery steck crops (see text) 
2012 
18 
197,488 
71 
1,155 
76 
10,610,296 
2007 ^ 
20 
395,664 
78 
1,286 
84 
16,259,497 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
2,857 
15 
12,625,310 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
2,581 
12 
14,332,575 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
4 
3,500 
4 
(Z) 
8 
9,720 
2007 
4 
4,002 
2 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
11 
9,920 
8 
62 
15 
101,520 
2007 
13 
12,127 
3 
(Z) 
14 
30,013 
^ 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
30 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
