Lisa Love- Land Sales with Cyprus Partners

09/21/2025

First game cam pics: Still in velvet, but SO many day-time pictures! This Macon County property is a wildlife dream.

07/12/2025

Useful way to view what type of land and potential ecosystem you are buying…

Yesterday, we introduced Alabama’s Level II ecoregions - the Southeastern USA Plains and the Ozark, Ouachita-Appalachian Forest. These regions gave us a broad look at how land, soil, and climate begin to shift across the state.

Today, we’re stepping deeper into the landscape with Level III ecoregions.

Level III zones break those larger regions into finer divisions based on geology, topography, soils, and native vegetation. Alabama contains six main Level III ecoregions:

~ 8.3.3 - Interior Plateau:
(Found in northwestern Alabama)

A region of limestone valleys, rolling hills, and rich agricultural soils. This area includes remnant prairies, cedar glades, and fertile bottomlands. Home to plants and animals adapted to open, sunlit habitats and calcareous soils.

~ 8.4.9 - Southwestern Appalachians:
(Also called the Cumberland Plateau)

Located in north-central Alabama, this is Alabama’s highest and most rugged land. Flat-topped plateaus, steep sandstone bluffs, and deep gorges. It’s home to hemlock ravines, sandstone glades, and some of the most pristine streams in the state.

~8.3.5 - Southeastern Plains:
(South of the Fall Line)

This is Alabama’s portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain , with sandy soils, longleaf pine savannas, bogs, blackland prairies, and rich insect and bird diversity. Fire is a vital ecological force here, shaping everything from wiregrass to pitcher plant bogs.

~ 8.4.1 - Ridge and Valley:
(Running northeast-southwest through central and northeast Alabama)

This region is shaped by long, folded ridges and fertile valleys formed by sedimentary rock. Expect limestone glades, spring-fed creeks, karst caves, and a remarkable mix of forest types that change dramatically over short distances.

~8.3.4 - Piedmont:
(Just north of the Fall Line)

This hilly region has weathered ancient rock, red clay soils, and a mix of pine and hardwood forests. It’s transitional land. Not quite mountain and not quite plain, where oaks, hickories, and loblolly pines share space with old farmland and recovering woodlands.

~8.5.3 – Southern Coastal Plain:
(Southernmost Alabama, near the Gulf)

This region lies along Alabama’s Gulf Coast and lower reaches of the Coastal Plain. It features flat, low-lying terrain with poorly drained sandy or mucky soils, pine flatwoods, wet prairies, and cypress-gum swamps. Tidal marshes, estuarine wetlands, and dune systems near the coast create unique habitats for a wide range of birds, amphibians, and coastal species. Fire and flooding are key ecological forces here, maintaining everything from pitcher plant bogs to slash pine savannas.

These Level III regions begin to explain why a native plant that thrives in Florence might fail in Dothan, or why one stretch of forest turns to prairie over the course of a single drive.

📅 Come back tomorrow as we start to take a look at Level IV ecoregions. This is the most detailed level, and the one that brings us down to the level of your yard, field, creek, or neighborhood.

Which Level III Ecoregion do you live in?

07/10/2025

>>> SOLD! 63 Acres Chilton County

06/26/2025

Closed yesterday on land for a repeat customer; this time buying, last time selling. Thankful!

06/03/2025

Rare Find!! CRP Grass Land with annual payments until 2031
For Sale in Macon County

04/27/2025

🚩🚩 SOLD!! 🚩🚩
This diverse timber tract was not on the market, but sometimes a few calls can get things started . Buyer is happy. I am thankful.

03/20/2025

⚡️✨⚡️!!! SOLD !!!⚡️✨⚡️
Everyone wanted this land. I am thankful the Seller got above asking! The Buyer is pleased, too.

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03/20/2025

🚩🚩🚩 SOLD!!! 🚩🚩🚩 80 Acres in Coosa County, AL
What a GREAT property for family recreation today and investment for tomorrow.
I am THANKFUL 🙌!

02/24/2025

🦌🦌🦌 UNDER CONTRACT 🦌🦌🦌
Great Hunting/Recreation Property in Coosa County

02/14/2025

Another long-time landowner made the decision to sell - Under Contract FAST!! Lots of buyers looking for land today.

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01/25/2025

$$ SOLD $$ This old family land was so sentimental to the Seller, the decision to sell was tough. I am so glad that the lands sold quickly (and at a great price $$).
Closing was easy at Main Street Title and with Ginger McCollum, REALTOR, representing the buyer.
It was good to see James Dowdell, First South Farm Credit, at the table, too.

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01/25/2025

Unique and interesting opportunity!

1,633 ac in Shelby Co., AL, in the heart of Birmingham's high-end residential neighborhoods - https://mailchi.mp/cypruspartners/2025-jan2