Effective date: July 14, 2026
Last updated: July 14, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Biota LLC, a Nevada limited liability company doing business as Biota Mfg ("Biota Mfg", "we", "us"), governing your use of the Wildways mobile application and any related services (together, "the app").

By downloading, installing, or using the app, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the app.

1. Who may use the app

You must be at least 13 years old to use Wildways. If you are between 13 and the age of majority where you live, you may use the app only with the involvement of a parent or guardian who agrees to these Terms.

2. Your licence to use the app

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app on any Apple-branded device you own or control, as permitted by the App Store's Usage Rules. This licence is for your own non-commercial use.

You may not: copy, modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, or create derivative works of the app; rent, lease, sell, or sublicense it; scrape, bulk-extract, or redistribute its plant data or imagery; or use it to build a competing product.

3. Accounts

Most of Wildways works with no account. An account is required only to save plants, post community photos or tips, and suggest plants.

You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for activity under your account. Tell us promptly at wildways@biotamfg.co if you suspect unauthorised use. You can delete your account and all of your content at any time in the app (Account → Delete account).

4. Community contributions

Photos and tips you post are governed by our Community Guidelines, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference. In short: you must own what you post, you keep ownership of your photos while granting us a licence to display them in the app, and there is zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users.

5. Plant information is educational — not identification, medical, or safety advice

Read this section carefully.

Wildways is an educational field companion for native-plant gardening and pollinator habitat. The plant information, native-range models, bloom calendars, growing guidance, and the step-by-step plant identifier are provided for general educational purposes only.

• Do not rely on Wildways to determine whether any plant is safe to eat, touch, handle, burn, or use medicinally. The app is not designed, tested, or intended for foraging, herbalism, or toxicity assessment, and it does not tell you whether a plant is edible or poisonous.
• The identifier can be wrong. It narrows possibilities from the traits you select; it does not confirm a species. Many native plants have toxic look-alikes. A confident-looking result is not a positive identification.
• Never consume, apply, or administer any plant based on Wildways. Confirm any identification with a qualified botanist, your local extension office, or another expert source before acting on it — and never eat a wild plant on the strength of an app.
• Range, ecoregion, hardiness-zone, and bloom data are models and estimates. They can be incomplete or inaccurate for your specific site.
• Community photos and tips are submitted by other users. We screen them, but we do not verify their accuracy, and they are not our advice.

Nothing in the app is medical, veterinary, horticultural, or professional advice. If you or a child or animal may have ingested or reacted to a plant, contact a medical professional or Poison Control (1-800-222-1222 in the US) immediately — do not consult this app.

6. Your responsibilities in the field

You are responsible for your own safety and for following the law when you garden, plant, or observe plants. That includes obtaining permission before entering or planting on land you do not own, respecting protected areas and protected species, and complying with any local rules on collecting, planting, or removing vegetation. Wildways does not grant you any right of access to any land.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to: use the app unlawfully; interfere with or disrupt it; probe or breach its security; access it by automated means; misrepresent your identity; harass other users; or upload content that violates our Community Guidelines.

We may suspend or terminate your access — with or without notice — if you breach these Terms, and we will remove violating content and eject abusive users as described in the Community Guidelines.

8. Intellectual property

The app, its design, its original text, and its compiled plant data are owned by Biota Mfg and protected by intellectual-property law. Plant photographs are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons or public-domain licences and are credited in-app to their photographers, with their licences; those images remain the property of their respective authors and are used under their licence terms.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

The app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that its plant data, ranges, identifications, or community content will be accurate, complete, or current.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Biota LLC and its members, officers, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or for any personal injury, illness, or property damage arising out of or relating to your use of — or inability to use — the app, including any reliance on plant information or on an identification made with the app, whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or any other theory, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the app will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the app in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) US $100. Wildways is free, so for most users this is US $100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability for incidental, consequential, or personal-injury damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law, and nothing in these Terms limits liability for our gross negligence, wilful misconduct, or fraud.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Biota LLC from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your content, your misuse of the app, or your breach of these Terms or of any law or third-party right.

12. Third-party services

The app relies on third-party providers — Supabase (hosting, authentication, storage), OpenAI (automated content moderation), phzmapi.org (ZIP-to-hardiness-zone lookup), and Wikimedia Commons (photographs). We are not responsible for those services, and your data is handled as described in our Privacy Policy.

13. Apple

You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Biota Mfg only — not Apple, and that Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.

• Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund your purchase price (if any). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the app.
• Biota Mfg, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the app, including product-liability claims, any claim that the app fails to conform to a legal requirement, and claims arising under consumer-protection or similar law.
• Biota Mfg, not Apple, is responsible for investigating and resolving any third-party claim that the app infringes that party's intellectual-property rights.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, on your acceptance, will have the right to enforce them against you.

14. Changes

We may update these Terms. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notified in the app. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the revised Terms.

15. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You and Biota Mfg agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Washoe County, Nevada, and waive any objection to venue there. Nothing here deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection law in your place of residence.

16. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the app.

17. Contact

Biota LLC dba Biota Mfg — Reno, Nevada
wildways@biotamfg.co