Fortunately I narrowed it down pretty quickly, it's due to Diversitree. I'll post a thread there detailing the issue, since I think it should be handled from their end, as it's overriding the changes I'm making to the planted tree prototype. At the end of the day, it should most likely be handled by AB itself, but for now Diversitree is overriding my hotfix. Cheers!
EDIT: thread here