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 
4 
9,750 
8 
2 
10 
74,751 
2007 
5 
1,870 
1 
(D) 
5 
25,275 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
2 
(D) 
15 
31 
17 
57,404 
2007 
8 
20,787 
13 
14 
21 
34,707 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
12 
78,010 
3 
2 
14 
(D) 
2007 
10 
83,559 
3 
7 
12 
456,566 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
166 
1,771,276 
66 
65 
199 
11,885,960 
2007 
143 
1,876,710 
54 
44 
173 
(D) 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
156 
1,545,272 
42 
43 
176 
10,894,275 
2007 
131 
1,609,462 
34 
26 
147 
(D) 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
10 
11,356 
18 
17 
26 
84,455 
2007 
8 
27,510 
17 
15 
22 
147,543 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
6 
19,640 
3 
1 
9 
63,290 
2007 
9 
14,008 
4 
2 
11 
38,750 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
28 
175,872 
4 
1 
31 
694,553 
2007 
31 
225,730 
5 
2 
32 
1,351,331 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
4 
19,136 
6 
4 
10 
149,387 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flower seeds 
2012 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
2007 
4 
1,775 
3 
(D) 
7 
12,475 
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 
110 
1,435,049 
(X) 
(X) 
110 
(D) 
2007 
32 
118,698 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
1,466,345 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
82 
1,190,964 
(X) 
(X) 
82 
6,293,128 
2007 
27 
73,484 
(X) 
(X) 
27 
400,735 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
71 
244,085 
(X) 
(X) 
71 
(D) 
2007 
14 
45,214 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
1,065,610 
Mushrooms 
2012 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
21 
57,331 
193 
1,815 
200 
18,525,078 
2007 1 
31 
136,355 
168 
1,858 
183 
(D) 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
35 
2,668 
35 
6,955,463 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
32 
3,202 
32 
7,491,791 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
4 
(□) 
2 
(D) 
6 
1 1 ,322 
2007 
3 
2,375 
1 
(D) 
4 
738 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
16 
8,876 
1 
(D) 
16 
29,070 
2007 
10 
(D) 
- 
10 
77,105 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
