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It probably does because it is kind of like acid to the plants-- high toxic levels.

well,no..

First this is about science stuff- When a cell takes in alot of salt it bursts and dies. This happens a lot on animal cells, but on plant cellls it is alittle harder because of its cell wall.

look at this question and answer this should help a tone it helped me.

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osmosis-the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable cell membrane

diffusion-causes many substances to move across a cell membrane but doesn't require the cell to use energy.

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