Nursery and Tree Production

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.

Growing vegetable and melon bedding plants--are classified in Industry 11121, Vegetable and Melon Farming; Operating timber tracts (i.e., growing cycle greater than 10 years)--are classified in Industry 113110, Timber Tract Operations; Retailing nursery, tree stock, and floriculture products primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 444240, Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers; Merchant wholesale distribution of plant seeds and plant bulbs primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and Merchant wholesale distribution of nursery stock (except seeds and plant bulbs) primarily purchased from others--are classified in Industry 424930, Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.