Eli5: if house plants die from too much water, how does plants like seaweed survive?

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Eli5: if house plants die from too much water, how does plants like seaweed survive?

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Evolution. House plants evolved (or were bred) needing a specific amount of water, based on their locale. Seaweed evolved to survive under water. Same way some animals can survive in the middle of the desert surviving off of as little as what water is just in the air, where other animals need to be in an area with lots of streams or lakes.