Model Detail
Reliable, Repeatable Common Milkweed Identification.
Common milkweed is an important host plant for monarch butterflies, providing a site for egg-laying and the essential food source for developing monarch caterpillars. It's also where POLLi® began: identifying this one plant reliably from aerial imagery, so habitat decisions can rest on evidence instead of a one-time guess.
Common Milkweed Algorithm
A Model Built for Repeatable Monarch Habitat Evidence
Milkweed is the primary reproductive resource for the monarch, and the reason POLLi® started with it. POLLi's object-detection model for common milkweed is built on the same collection and review standards used across the platform: every detection can be traced back to the image it came from, so a Subject Matter Expert can review it before anyone relies on it.
Collection
Standardized Collection
Common milkweed is identified from the same standardized aerial imagery used across every POLLi® program, so a count taken this season can be compared to the next, not just to itself.
Standardization
A Shared Standard, Not Shared Data
The same detection approach is available to every POLLi® customer working to protect monarch habitat. What's shared is the standardized method, not any organization's imagery or findings. Nothing moves between organizations unless they choose to share it themselves.
Delivery
Delivered as an Evidence Pack™
Every detection stays linked back to its source image, so results can be reviewed, verified, and reused, not just reported once and set aside.
Curious how this applies to your monarch habitat program?
We're happy to talk through how common milkweed identification fits into a broader evidence approach for your team.