This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) growing nursery products, nursery stock, shrubbery, bulbs, fruit stock, sod, and so forth, under cover or in open fields and/or (2) growing short rotation woody trees with a growth and harvest cycle of 10 years or less for pulp or tree stock.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Nursery and Tree Production is 111421. Included in this industry are:
Azalea farming
Christmas tree growing
Corms farming
Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery)
Flower bulb growing
Fruit stock (e.g., plants, seedlings, trees) growing
Herbaceous perennial growing
Nursery stock growing
Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation)
Preseeded mat farming
Propagation material farming
Rose bush growing
Short rotation woody tree growing (i.e., growing and harvesting cycle ten years or less)
Shrubbery farming
Sod farming
Tissue culture farming
Tree crop farming (except forestry), short rotation growing and harvesting cycle
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in
Growing vegetable and melon bedding plants - classified in Industry 11121, Vegetable and Melon Farming;
Operating timber tracts (i.e., growing cycle greater than 10 years) - classified in Industry 113110, Timber Tract Operations; and
Retailing nursery, tree stock, and floriculture products primarily purchased from others - classified in Industry 444220, Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Stores.
Information courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
