Due to the short-term environmental change of a drought, much of the soil in an area can no longer support a species of wildflower. As a result, the plants now grow only in small regions within the area.

A drought can make parts of an area unsuitable for the wildflower, reducing the places where it can grow. This is loss of habitat; it is not extinction because the plants still survive in small regions.

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