Aspleniaceae: Asplenium platyneuron (ebony spleenwort)
20161126 identified the three i planted (last weekend?) in the front courtyard (transplanted from behind the old garden plot) and the three on the east side of the house (which will be moved)
Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron): This fern has erect, dark evergreen fronds 6 to 20 inches tall. It is native throughout South Carolina. It prefers some sun to light shade, does not like wet soils. Propagate by rhizome division. [source]
Synonyms
Acrostichum platyneuron L.Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Pogg.Asplenium ebenum Ait.Asplenium platyneuron var. bacculum-rubrum (Fernald) FernaldAsplenium platyneuron var. incisum (E. C. Howe) Robinson