Apalachicola River and BayLongleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine Apalachicola Lowlands Preserve: A Family’s Labor of Love by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 27, 2021 by Rob Diaz de Villegas September 27, 2021 We trek through the Apalachicola Lowlands Preserve five weeks after a prescribed burn, in search of the rare plants that define the region.