All other cut flowers were listed separately on 
the Hawaii form but were combined into Area 
used for horticultural production/Cut flowers on 
the U.S. form. 
• Under Area used for horticultural 
production/Potted flowering plants 
Dendrobium orchids and All other potted 
flowering plants were listed separately on the 
Hawaii form and were combined into Area used 
for horticultural production/Potted flowering 
plants on the U.S. form. 
Items with no data reported for 2014: 
• Propagative cuttings/Carnations 
• Lei flowers/Vandaceous orchids 
• Lei flowers/Protea 
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 
The following definitions and explanations provide a 
detailed description of specific items and terms used 
in this publication and on the report form. The 2014 
Census of Horticultural Specialties report form and 
information sheet are included at the end of this 
appendix. The term “census” used in the definitions 
refers to the 2014 Census of Horticultural Specialties 
unless otherwise noted. 
Plants purchased with the intention of immediate 
resale and with growth not added to the plant during 
a short holding period were excluded. 
Annual bedding/garden plants. These include 
flowering and vegetable-type plants intended for 
outdoor use. Flowering plants are transplanted to 
beautify the landscape and can be annuals, biennials, 
or herbaceous perennials. Bedding plants may be 
used in patio pots, window boxes, and hanging 
baskets. Vegetable transplants are intended for use 
by home gardeners. Bedding/garden plants are 
marketed as flats, individual pots, or hanging 
baskets. Flats vary in size and number of plants per 
flat. Flats reported in sizes other than 10” x 20” or 
11” x 22” were converted to 11” x 22” equivalents 
before summarization. Bareroot herbaceous 
perennial transplants were included under 
herbaceous perennial liners. 
Aquatic plants. This includes plants with leaves at 
least partially submerged in water, plants with 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
foliage floating on the water's surface, plants floating 
freely on water and with well-developed roots, and 
plants with their bases or roots submerged in water 
while most of their top growth is visible above the 
water. Algae and seaweed are excluded. 
Area used for horticultural production. This 
represents the area used in greenhouses, shade 
structures, natural shade, and in the open to produce 
different types of horticultural specialty crops. The 
area used for production also included the area on 
benches or other stacked arrangements on which 
crops were grown. For example, if crops were grown 
in stacked trays three tiers high, the square footage 
of each tier was multiplied by the number of tiers to 
arrive at the area used for production. 
This differs from total land area for two reasons. 
First, respondents could report the same total land 
area as used to grow different types of crops. For 
example, the respondent could report the greenhouse 
area used to grow annual bedding/garden plants and 
potted herbaceous perennials separately even if the 
plants were grown in the same greenhouse. Second, 
the land area could have production areas stacked on 
top of each other, as described in the example in the 
preceding paragraph. For these reasons, the area used 
for production for each crop type on a land area type 
could be different than the total area for that land 
area type. 
Area used for production was summarized 
individually for cut flowers, potted flowering plants 
for indoor or patio use, potted herbaceous perennials, 
annual bedding/garden plants, foliage plants for 
indoor or patio use, cut cultivated greens, nursery 
stock, and all other horticultural specialty crops on 
the form. The area used to produce nursery 
propagative materials was included with the nursery 
stock production area. The areas used for the 
production of all other horticultural specialty crops 
were added together under “A// other horticultural 
specialty crops T 
Bareroot herbaceous perennials. Data were 
collected for all herbaceous perennials that were 
grown and sold for landscaping. The data were 
reported as bareroot to match the industry practices. 
Christmas trees on operation, January 1, 2015. 
Data were collected for Christmas trees growing on 
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