Table 31 . Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery and Equipment; Total Land Area; Area in Production; and 
Marketing Channels by Value of Sales: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$50,000 
to $99,999 
$40,000 
to $49,999 
$25,000 
to $39,999 
$20,000 
to $24,999 
$10,000 
to $19,999 
NATURAL SHADE AREA IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see text) 
operations 
14 
4 
8 
1 
50 
acres 
25 
1 
5 
(D) 
16 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
1 
2 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
" 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
1 
- 
3 
2 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
2 
(D) 
3 
Potted flowering plants (see text) 
operations 
15 
3 
36 
5 
17 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium orchids 
acres 
6 
(D) 
17 
1 
3 
(see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
_ 
" 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Potted herbaceous perennial plants 
operations 
104 
24 
53 
52 
92 
acres 
33 
3 
38 
39 
32 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
25 
7 
32 
3 
23 
acres 
6 
2 
17 
(D) 
5 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
10 
- 
8 
3 
15 
acres 
7 
- 
6 
1 
9 
Foliage plants, hanging baskets 
operations 
3 
4 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
(Z) 
(Z) 
- 
- 
2 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
24 
4 
7 
3 
39 
acres 
243 
(D) 
39 
(D) 
346 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
158 
28 
95 
31 
184 
acres 
395 
25 
177 
39 
298 
All other horticultural specialty crops 
operations 
19 
3 
33 
3 
30 
acres 
51 
1 
19 
(Z) 
10 
AREA IN THE OPEN IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see text) 
operations 
280 
99 
140 
111 
396 
acres 
1,320 
267 
357 
342 
692 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see text) 
operations 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
26 
6 
11 
8 
31 
acres 
117 
30 
63 
18 
70 
Potted flowering plants (see text) 
operations 
92 
34 
62 
21 
47 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium orchids 
acres 
81 
24 
58 
12 
23 
(see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see 
text) 
operations 
2 
- 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
3 
Potted herbaceous perennial plants 
operations 
385 
162 
265 
153 
317 
acres 
319 
131 
188 
107 
262 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
227 
54 
147 
63 
157 
acres 
163 
28 
179 
24 
90 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
63 
8 
24 
9 
17 
acres 
114 
6 
36 
11 
24 
Foliage plants, hanging baskets 
operations 
5 
5 
3 
- 
2 
acres 
1 
1 
(Z) 
- 
(D) 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
50 
29 
29 
36 
95 
acres 
246 
59 
226 
110 
264 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
1,011 
359 
743 
343 
852 
acres 
15,904 
3,504 
6,954 
14,026 
6,809 
All other horticultural specialty crops 
operations 
909 
378 
793 
421 
1,534 
acres 
76,605 
9,870 
26,184 
8,471 
42,713 
MARKETING CHANNELS 
Consumers (direct sales) 
operations 
2,598 
1,004 
2,188 
1,126 
3,249 
Retail florists 
operations 
481 
145 
292 
155 
434 
Retail garden centers/nurseries 
operations 
1,024 
377 
704 
337 
717 
Supermarkets/groceries 
operations 
376 
186 
299 
195 
428 
Other mass marketers 
operations 
285 
104 
221 
146 
338 
Interiorscapers 
operations 
188 
73 
150 
97 
238 
Landscape contractors 
operations 
1,105 
341 
782 
313 
801 
Wholesale florists 
operations 
449 
114 
240 
152 
391 
Landscape redistribution yards 
operations 
347 
111 
233 
136 
322 
Non-profit groups 
operations 
472 
190 
393 
192 
469 
Other marketing channels (see text) 
operations 
610 
257 
534 
280 
838 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 CHS - United States Data 37 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
