Home Birding Birding Howard County, MD Site Locations David Force NRA David Force NRA Photographs Howard County Bird Club David Force NRA Photographs Natural Resource Area The hiking trail goes down to the Little Patuxent River and through the forested upland. In the floodplain, see evidence of beavers, ferns, wildflowers, salamanders, Beaver Ebony Spleenwort Rue Anemone Spotted Salamander eggs and mushrooms. Smooth Chanterelle Oak Collybia Common Laccaria Lobster Fungus