It seems that AI locations are off kilter. For example, i have been getting groups of 4-5 basils on different teams attacking me at once, but have only seen a single cleft thorn, and very few parsleys. Since basils are one of the most dangerous AI you can run into at these levels, this seems a bit...odd.

Go north and u will find Parsleys, Go to right for Cleafts and to left for basils

Ah, i see. I wish there were some sort of indicator so you can tell this, (coloration on the map, maybe? Grey for basils, Red for clefts, blue green for parsleys?), so you know what you're getting yourself into.