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 
1 
(D) 
3 
35 
3 
560,173 
2007 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers-dry 
2012 
1 
(D) 
18 
85 
19 
264,750 
2007 
6 
(D) 
12 
7 
15 
(D) 
Cuttings, seedlings, liners, and plugs 
(see text) 
2012 
6 
13,166 
3 
(D) 
7 
183,500 
2007 
14 
20,300 
10 
(D) 
18 
553,406 
Floriculture crops - 
bedding/garden plants, cut flowers and 
cut florist greens, foliage plants, potted 
flowering plants, and other floriculture and 
bedding crops, total 
2012 
206 
4,074,631 
157 
815 
295 
72,687,262 
2007 
185 
6,453,439 
148 
676 
279 
99,792,022 
Bedding/garden plants 
2012 
166 
3,341,460 
104 
712 
215 
67,539,684 
2007 
143 
4,295,120 
100 
357 
202 
52,416,895 
Cut flowers and cut florist greens 
2012 
6 
(D) 
30 
53 
34 
511,855 
2007 
5 
(D) 
25 
140 
29 
523,145 
Foliage plants, indoor 
2012 
35 
110,093 
1 
(D) 
36 
575,329 
2007 
23 
270,393 
9 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants 
2012 
61 
552,550 
21 
(D) 
76 
3,219,830 
2007 
66 
1,869,870 
31 
120 
84 
43,996,166 
Other floriculture and bedding crops 
2012 
13 
(D) 
13 
27 
24 
840,564 
2007 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Flower seeds 
2012 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2007 
3 
3,300 
6 
17 
9 
34,300 
Greenhouse fruits and berries (see text) 
2012 
10 
10,916 
(X) 
(X) 
10 
(D) 
2007 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
Total greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
45 
307,774 
(X) 
(X) 
45 
983,166 
2007 
24 
53,995 
(X) 
(X) 
24 
1,100,882 
Greenhouse tomatoes 
2012 
25 
46,173 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
277,024 
2007 
18 
32,826 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
(D) 
Other greenhouse vegetables and 
fresh cut herbs (see text) 
2012 
36 
261,601 
(X) 
(X) 
36 
706,142 
2007 
11 
21,169 
(X) 
(X) 
11 
(D) 
Mushrooms 
2012 
6 
21,696 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
387,893 
2007 
5 
1,337 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
(D) 
Nursery stock crops (see text) 
2012 
84 
519,334 
269 
6,712 
301 
54,303,388 
2007 1 
84 
1,490,449 
292 
7,341 
314 
91,395,683 
Sod harvested 
2012 
(X) 
(X) 
59 
13,346 
59 
36,324,871 
2007 
(X) 
(X) 
51 
14,963 
50 
31,275,036 
2012 farms by area: 
0 to 14.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
89 
17 
201,900 
15.0 to 49.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
13 
292 
13 
685,150 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
401 
6 
1,370,000 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
1,062 
7 
2,379,014 
250.0 to 399.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
1,970 
7 
5,377,000 
400.0 to 749.9 acres 
(X) 
(X) 
6 
2,823 
6 
9,486,807 
750.0 acres or more 
(X) 
(X) 
3 
6,710 
3 
16,825,000 
Tobacco transplants 
2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
Vegetable seeds 
2012 
4 
4,920 
16 
62 
20 
159,460 
2007 
5 
3,258 
3 
1 
5 
1,319 
Vegetable transplants 
2012 
21 
59,985 
9 
9 
29 
227,330 
2007 
8 
21,440 
8 
7 
15 
78,800 
1 2007 data do not include Other nursery stock. 
34 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
