Nursery and Floriculture Production

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) growing nursery and floriculture products (e.g., nursery stock, shrubbery, cut flowers, flower seeds, foliage plants) under cover or in open fields and/or (2) growing short rotation woody trees with a growing and harvesting cycle of 10 years or less for pulp or tree stock (e.g., cut Christmas trees, cottonwoods).

Excluded or separately classified activities

Official Census cross-references identify activities that belong under another North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

• Growing vegetable and melon bedding plants--are classified in Industry 11121, Vegetable and Melon Farming;

  Vegetable and Melon Farming11121

• Merchant wholesale distribution of nursery stock (except seeds and plant bulbs) primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 42493, Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

  Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers42493

• Merchant wholesale distribution of plant seeds and plant bulbs primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 42491, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and

  Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers42491

• Operating timber tracts (i.e., growing cycle greater than 10 years)--are classified in Industry 11311, Timber Tract Operations;

  Timber Tract Operations11311

• Retailing nursery, tree stock, and floriculture products primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 44424, Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers;

  Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers44424