Plant stake

An identifying stake for insertion into a soil mixture and which is formable from a thin, flexible material yet sufficiently rigid to permit insertion and also capable of reisiting removal from the soil, said stake comprising:

• a generally planar body member;
• a planar shaft-like member having a width substantially greater than its thickness, integral with said body member and extending outwardly therefrom, said body member having a rectangular shape and a transverse dimension substantially greater than the transverse dimension of said shaft-like member;
• a generally triangular-shaped, planar head portion integral with said shaft-like member and extending outwardly therefrom opposite said body member, the base of said head portion being dimensioned greater than the transverse dimension of said shaft-like member to thereby define a barb, said head portion, said body member and said shaft-like member being generally curved in cross-section to thereby increase the rigidity of said stake;
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• a plurality of indentations extending longitudinally of said head portion, said shaft-like member and said body member for at least a portion thereof, said generally planar body member further defining a pair of opposed inwardly directed notches in the lateral edges thereof spaced from the end of said planar member opposite said head portion, said notches providing convenient points for the securement of string and the like.