Red Hills Region

The original tree cover of the region was a shortleaf pine-oak-hickory woodland with deep sandy clay soil.

[1][2][3][4] A wider Red Hills section of Florida has been defined as extending 150 miles (240 kilometers) along the Alabama and Georgia borders, including, from east to west, Madison, Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden and Jackson counties.

The Red Hills are home to some of the last remnants of the great longleaf pine forests remaining in the nation.

[8] The Red Hills Region serves as one of the highest recharge areas for the Floridan aquifer — which is critical to the drinking water supply for residents of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

The Red Hills Region also has the largest concentration of undeveloped plantation lands in the United States.