BUREAU OF
BOTANICAL
COMPLIANCE

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Zone 1A – Boreal North (Temperate Urban North)

• Dominant temperate deciduous and mixed forests under high anthropogenic management
• Historic centers of botanical standardization and nomenclature
• Overregulated flora with declining spontaneous growth potential
• High symbolic authority and administrative centrality for BoBC

Zone 1B – Continental Core (Industrial Temperate Zones)

• Heavily modified biomes marked by infrastructural fragmentation and post‑industrial vegetation
• Legacy railway flora, canal embankments, and periphery meadows prone to ruderal proliferation
• Sites of systemic non‑compliance masked as ecological regeneration

Zone 2A – Subtropical Atlantic

• Moist temperate‑subtropical overlap with ornamental overuse and horticultural sprawl
• Hybrid ecologies shaped by former plantation economies, tourism, and civic greening
• High rate of cultural‑symbolic misuse of plants in coastal rituals and seasonal displays

Zone 2B – Subtropical Pacific

• Peri‑urban subtropical ecosystems subject to typhoon‑driven vegetation surges
• High prevalence of introduced species presented as native heritage
• Zones of conflicting botanical authority: traditional, scientific, administrative

Zone 2C – Tropical Southeast

• Lush tropical growth in permanently humid conditions with rapid vertical proliferation
• Vegetal resistance often coded as informal beautification
• Conflicts arise from alignment with post‑colonial state‑led greening initiatives

Zone 3A – Subtropical Australasia

• Semi‑controlled subtropical flora in infrastructural edge zones
• Botanical volatility amplified by fire–flood cycles
• Sentimental deployments of invasive species in public commemorations common

Zone 3B – Equatorial Belt

• Persistent high‑density vegetation with low seasonal variance
• High symbolic insulation; limited administrative access
• Resistance to classification due to biodiversity saturation and spiritual entanglements

Zone 4 – Mediterranean and Semi‑Arid Fringe

• Drought‑adapted biomes under urban pressure and heritage fixation
• Symbolic flora (olive, fig, laurel) often exempted from regulation due to historical immunity
• Frequent conflation of vegetative persistence with civilizational endurance

Zone 5 – Monsoon Periphery

• Seasonally extreme biomass fluctuations (monsoon–dry cycles)
• Transitional ecologies between cultivated and spontaneous growth
• Naming and classification frequently subordinated to ritual or regional epistemologies

Zone 6 – Urban Archipelagos

• High‑density built environments with fragmented green pockets and vertical growth
• Vegetation often camouflaged as infrastructure or decorative form
• Elevated symbolic charge per plant due to spatial rarity

Zone 7 – Continental Uplands and Terraces

• Mid‑ to high‑altitude vegetation with adaptive microclimates and terraced modification
• Compliance hindered by vertical inaccessibility and linguistic fragmentation
• Regional naming systems often supersede BoBC registers

Zone 8 – Hydrobotanical Thresholds

• Wetlands, estuaries, marshes, and flood‑adapted systems with low structural fixity
• Floating or submerged plant life escapes typical classification logics
• Zone under joint supervision with the Hydrobotanical Regulation Mandate (VI)

Non‑Monitored and Exclusion Zones

Zone X1 – Vegetal Absence Zones

• Regions devoid of persistent vegetation due to climatic extremity or chemical sterilization
• BoBC presence limited to occasional soil viability audits

Zone X2 – Symbolic Exclusion Territories

• Areas of strategic or spiritual exemption, often under treaty‑defined non‑intervention
• Vegetal activity monitored remotely, but no field citations issued

Zone X3 – Depopulated or Post‑Extractive Terrains

• Former industrial or militarized sites undergoing unmonitored rewilding
• Officially designated “botanical latency zones” — pending classification

All zone assignments subject to revision under BoBC Harmonization Review (HR‑01/2026).