abbreviation keys

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Abbreviation Description
Ag Accelerator Grown Container
Ac Acclimatized
Aip Air Pots
Arp Air Root Pruned
Arpb Air Root Pruning Bag
Arpc Air Root Pruning Container
Air Airlayer
Aqp Aquatic Pot
Az Arizona Certified
Ast Assorted
Fall Avail Fall
Sprg Avail Spring
Summ Avail Summer
Wntr Avail Winter
Ap Azalea Pot
Bal Ball
Bb Balled and Burlapped
Br Bare root
Bsk Basket
Bg Bed Grown
Be Bedding
Bibs Bibs
Bf Blight Free
Bl Bloom
Blu Blue
Bs Bonsai
Btd Booted
Bx Box
Bd Braided
Bn Branched
Bth Brown Trunk Height
Bud Budded
Bul Bulb
Bp Bulb Pan
Blk Bulk
Bh Bush
Bu Bushel
Cc California Certified
C Caliper
Cn Cane
Cnp Canopy
Cf Cargo & Freight Paid
Cp Cell Pack
Ctl Central Leader
Cert Certified
Cog Certified Organic
Ch Character
Cit Citrus Cone
Ctp Citrus Pot
Cln Clean
Cl Clear
Ct Clear Trunk
Cw Clear Wood
Clb Climbing
Clm Clump
Cls Clusters
Ccp Coconut Coir Pot
Cld Cold Hardy
Crs Cold Resistant Selection
Cdt Cold Tolerant
Clt Collected
Clrchc Color Choice
Clr Colors
Col Columns
Cs Coming Soon
Co Cone
Cnt Contract
Cr Cool Ring
Crl Coral
Crc Costa Rican Certified
Count Count
Crm Crimson
Cul Cull grade
Cu Cultivar
Cv Curved
Cut Cut
Cbk Cutback
Cg Cuttings
Dpt Deco Pot
Dp Deep
Dpc Deep Cell
Dq Deep Quart
Df Defibered
Dl Delivered
Dls Delivered Set in Hole
Dep Deposit
Dia Diameter
Dbh Diameter Breast Height
Dc Diamond Cut
Dg Dish Garden
Dor Dormant
Db Double
Dt Drought Tolerant
Dwf Dwarf
Ed Edible
Ep Ellepot
Ecp End Crop
End End of Crop
Esp Espalier
Eo Export Only
Ey Eyes
Fans Fans or Leaves
Fm Female Plant
Fg Field Grown
Flt Flat
Fc Flat Cut
Fl Florida
Ff Florida Fancy Grade
Fx Florist Grade
Flu Flushing
Ft Foot
Frg Fragrant
Ffr Freight Free
Abbreviation Description
Fob Freight on Board
Frs Fresh
Frn Fronds
Fr Fruiting
Fu Full
Fb Full Bloom
Fs Full Sun
Ftb Full to Base
Ftg Full to Ground
G Gallon
Grld Garland
Gl Globe
Gld Gold
#1 Grade #1
#2 Grade #2
#3 Grade #3
Grf Grafted
Grn Green
Gh Greenhouse Grown
Gw Grey Wood
Gc Gro-cone
Gt Gro-Tub
Gb Grow Bag
Gr Grow Ring
Hb Hanging Basket
Ho Hardened Off
Hi Hawaiian
Hd Head
Hr Heat Resistant
Hv Heavy
Hvbr Heavy Branched
Hvsh Heavy Sheared
Hf Hedge Form
C's Hundreds
Hc Hurricane Cut
Hyb Hybrid
In Inch
Ino Inoculated
Ins Installed
Jc Jamaican Certified
Jp Jiffy Pot
Ldr Ladder
Lg Large
Lvh Larval Host
Lbd Lattice Braid
Lv Lavender
Lvs Leaves
Le Lerio/Metal Container
Lmd Let's Make a Deal
Lbr Light Branched
Ltd Limited
Ln Liner
Lt Lot
Lc Louisiana Certified
Lb Low Branched
Lch Low Chill
Mfl Male Flowering
Mle Male Plant
Mp Market Price
Mg Marl Grown
Masp Mature Specimen
Med Medicinal Herb
Md Medium
MM Million
Misc Miscellaneous
Mit Mitigation
Ms Multi-Stem
Mt Multi-Trunk
Ml Multiple
Mtc Multiple colors
Nrw Narrow
Nat Natural
Neg Negotiable
Ncp New Crop
NG New Guinea
Or On Request
Otw On the Water
Obd Open Braid
Obo Or Best Offer
Org Orange
Orn Ornamental
Osa Other Sizes Available
Og Over Grown
Oa Overall
Ow Overwood
Pck Pack
Pal Pallet
Pg Park Grade
Psn Partial Sun
Pt Patio Tree
Pch Peach
Pp Peat Pot
Pec Pecan Pot
Penta Pentuple or Quintuple
Ps Per Stem
Pds Perkins Direct Step
Pf Pesticide Free
Pud Pickup Discount Inquire
Pn Pinched
Pk Pink
Pts Pints
Ph Planted Height
Ppp Plants per Pot
Plg Plug
Po Pot
Pip Pot in Pot
Pd Pre-Dug
Pr Premium
Pb Processed Bag
Prn Pruned
Pu Purple
Pyr Pyramid
Qu Quadruple
Abbreviation Description
Qd Quantity Discount
Qts Quarts
Rs Ranch Style
Rsu Ready to Step Up
Rd Red
Rf Refoliated
Rgn Regenerated
Reg Regenerated
Rhz Rhizomes
Rg Ring
Rap Root Air Pruned
Rb Root Builder
Rc Root Clippings
Rcb Root Control Bag
Div Root Division
Re Root Enhanced
Rm Root Maker
Rpm Root Prod. Method
Rp Root Pruned
Rt Rooted
Rtc Rooted Cuttings
Rpg Roots Plus Grower
Rsp Rosepot
Rnd Round
Rr Row Run
Rn Runners
Scp Sale Crop
St Salt Tolerant
Scr Scars
Sc Sculptured
Sa Sea Water Grown
Sdls Seedless
Sdlg Seedlings
Sd Seeds
Semi Semi-Sheared
Sh Shade grown
Shr Sheared
Sf Shrub Formed
Sil Silver
Sg Single
Sl Single Leader
Ss Single Stem
Slk Slick
Smp Smart Pot
Sm Smooth
Sod Sod
Sps Special Sale
Sp Specimen
Spn Spineless
So Spinout Pot
Spl Spiral
Spr Spread
Spt Sprouted
Sq Squat
Stg Staggered
Stk Staked
Std Standard
Stm Stem
St' Stem Foot
Str Straight
Stp Stumps
Suc Suckering
Smd Summer Dig
Su Sun Grown
Sym Symmetrical
Ttop Table Top
Ta Tall
Te Teepee
Ter Terracotta Pot
Txc Texas Certified
Thls Thornless
M's Thousands
Tc Tissue Culture
Tgr Top Grafted
Top Topiary
Tot Totem
Trn Transplants
Try Trays
Tb Tree Band
Tbr Tree Branched
Tct Tree Center
Trc Tree Cone
Tf Tree Form
Tl Tree Liner
Tt Tree Tube
Trl Trellis
Tri Tricolor
Tp Triple
Trck Truck
Tr Trunk
Tbl Tubeling
Trtb Turtlebacks
Tw Twisted
Ucln Uncleaned
Uc Uncut
Usp Unique Specimens
Ur Unrooted
Urc Unrooted Cut
Upr Upright
Vgt Variegated
Var Varieties
Vn Vine
Wp Whips
Wh White
Wi Wide
Wb Wire Basket
Wd Wood
Wrth Wreath
Yl Yellow
Yd You Dig
Yld You Load
Ypu You Pick Up
Yng Young