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$2,000,000,000

Weyerhaeuser Company

Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust I

Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust II

Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Preference Shares, Common Shares, Warrants, Trust Preferred Securities, Stock Purchase Units and Stock Purchase Contracts

       By this prospectus, we may offer from time to time

and Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust I and Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust II (each a “WY Trust” and collectively, the “WY Trusts”) each may offer from time to time its Trust Preferred Securities, guaranteed by us, to the extent described in this prospectus.

      The Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Preference Shares, Depositary Shares, Common Shares, Warrants, Trust Preferred Securities, Stock Purchase Units and Stock Purchase Contracts are referred to herein collectively as the “Securities.” The Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Preference Shares, Depositary Shares and Trust Preferred Securities may be convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for other Securities.

      The Securities may be offered as separate series or classes at an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $2,000,000,000. The specific terms of the Securities will be provided in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus, carefully before you invest.

      Our Common Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “WY.” Any Common Shares sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be listed on such exchanges, subject to official notice of issuance.

      The Securities may be offered independently or together in any combination for sale directly by us or through underwriters, agents or dealers as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

          Investing in the Securities involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 1.

       Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Prospectus is August 5, 2003

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      We have not authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with this offering other than the information contained and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and, if given or made, that information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy by anyone in any jurisdiction in which that offer or solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation.

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RISK FACTORS

      Investing in the Securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the other information included in this prospectus and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus before you decide to invest in any Securities. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face.

Adverse Verdict in Alder Log Antitrust Case

      In December 2000, a lawsuit was filed against Weyerhaeuser in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging that from 1996 to the date of this prospectus Weyerhaeuser had monopoly power or attempted to gain monopoly power in the Pacific Northwest market for alder logs and finished alder lumber. In August 2001, the complaint was amended to add an additional plaintiff. Prior to trial, one of the plaintiffs withdrew from the litigation. In April 2003 the jury returned a verdict in favor of one of the plaintiffs in the amount of $26 million which was automatically trebled to $79 million under the antitrust laws. Weyerhaeuser took a pre-tax charge of $79 million in its first quarter 2003 results. Weyerhaeuser’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied in July 2003. Weyerhaeuser has appealed the matter to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While Weyerhaeuser believes that the reserve balance established for this matter is adequate, Weyerhaeuser is unable to estimate at this time the amount of additional charges, if any, that may be required for this matter in the future.

New Lawsuits Relating to Alder Logs

      In April 2003 two separate lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging that Weyerhaeuser violated antitrust laws by monopolizing the markets for alder sawlogs and finished alder lumber. In June 2003 amended complaints were filed in both matters. The first suit was brought by four separate corporations located in Oregon and Washington who allege that between 1999 to the date of this prospectus they suffered damages and asked the court to award treble damages of $101.2 million. Plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order prohibiting Weyerhaeuser from certain alder log buying practices was denied by the court. The complaint also requests divestiture of a number of its alder sawmills in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. In July 2003 Weyerhaeuser filed a motion to dismiss based on the insufficiencies in the pleadings. The second suit was brought by Coast Mountain Hardwoods, Inc., a Canadian company that sold its assets to Weyerhaeuser in 2000. The suit alleges that Weyerhaeuser’s practices caused Coast Mountain to be in a financially weak position so that it would sell its assets for less than their true value. The complaint requests treble damages in the amount of $516 million and also includes fraud and other allegations for which $108 million in damages are being sought. Request for divestiture of Weyerhaeuser’s Northwest Hardwoods Division, a portion of its alder sawmills in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington and certain forest licenses acquired in Canada have been dropped from the complaint. Weyerhaeuser disagrees with the assertions that have been made in both lawsuits and plans to vigorously defend itself. Weyerhaeuser has not recorded a reserve related to these two lawsuits and is unable to estimate at this time the amount of charges, if any, that may be required for these lawsuits in the future.

Adverse Ruling in Linerboard Antitrust Cases

      In May 1999, two civil antitrust lawsuits were filed against Weyerhaeuser in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Both suits name as defendants several other major containerboard and packaging producers. The complaint in the first case alleges the defendants conspired to fix the price of linerboard and that the alleged conspiracy had the effect of increasing the price of corrugated containers. The suit requested class certification for purchasers of corrugated containers during the period from October 1993 through November 1995. The complaint in the second case alleges that the company conspired to manipulate the price of linerboard and thereby the price of corrugated sheets. The suit requested class certification for purchasers of corrugated sheets during the period October 1993 through November 1995. Both suits seek damages, including treble damages, under the antitrust laws. No specific damage amounts have been claimed. In September 2001, the district court certified both classes. On

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Adverse Decision in Paragon Trade Brands Bankruptcy Proceedings

      In May, 1999, the Equity Committee, which we refer to as the “Committee,” in the Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. bankruptcy proceeding filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia for authority to prosecute claims against Weyerhaeuser in the name of the debtor’s estate. Specifically, the Committee asserted that Weyerhaeuser breached certain warranties in agreements entered into between Paragon and Weyerhaeuser in connection with Paragon’s public offering of common stock in January 1993. The Committee seeks to recover damages sustained by Paragon as a result of two patent infringement cases, one brought by Procter & Gamble and the other by Kimberly-Clark. In September 1999, the Bankruptcy Court authorized the Committee to commence an adversary proceeding against Weyerhaeuser. The Committee commenced this proceeding in October 1999, seeking damages in excess of $420 million against Weyerhaeuser. Pursuant to a reorganization of Paragon, the litigation claims representative for the bankruptcy estate became the plaintiff in the proceeding.

      On June 26, 2002, the Bankruptcy Court issued an oral opinion granting the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, holding Weyerhaeuser liable to the plaintiff for breaches of warranty, and denying Weyerhaeuser’s motion for summary judgment. On October 30, 2002, the Bankruptcy Court issued a written order confirming the June oral opinion. In November 2002, Weyerhaeuser filed a petition for reconsideration with the Bankruptcy Court. In June 2003 the judge issued an oral ruling denying Weyerhaeuser’s motion for reconsideration and set an October 2003 trial date for the determination of the damages. Weyerhaeuser is seeking an early review of the Bankruptcy Court’s summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs on the issue of liability with the U.S. District Court. Review of the decision is discretionary with the U.S. District Court at this stage of the proceedings.

      Weyerhaeuser disagrees with the Bankruptcy Court’s decision and is diligently pursuing all available relief. Weyerhaeuser has not established a reserve for this matter and is unable to estimate at this time the amount of charges, if any, that may be required in the future.

Reduction in Credit Rating on Weyerhaeuser Debt Securities

      On February 11, 2002, Moody’s Investor Services announced that it had lowered its rating on Weyerhaeuser’s senior unsecured debt, which includes the Senior Debt Securities, to “Baa2” from “A3” as a result of the increase in Weyerhaeuser’s leverage resulting from Weyerhaeuser’s acquisition of Willamette Industries, Inc. in the first quarter of 2002. On February 15, 2002, Standard & Poor’s announced that it had lowered its rating on Weyerhaeuser’s long-term senior debt, which includes the Senior Debt Securities, to “BBB” from “A-” for the same reason. At the time of these downgrades, Weyerhaeuser did not have any outstanding Subordinated Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Preference Shares or Depositary Shares and neither of the WY Trusts had any outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. However, had any of these securities been outstanding at that time, it is likely that any credit ratings assigned to those securities would also have been reduced. Credit rating agencies may from time to time change their ratings on our securities, including the Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Preference Shares and Depositary Shares, and on the Trust Preferred Securities of the WY Trusts, as a result of our operating results or actions we take or as a result of a change in the views of the credit rating agencies, regarding, among other things, the general outlook for our industry or the economy. There can be no assurance that Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s or other rating agencies will not reduce their ratings of our Senior Debt Securities or any other Securities that we or the WY Trusts may issue in the future or place any of those Securities on a so-called “watch list” for possible future

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

      This prospectus and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain statements concerning Weyerhaeuser’s future results and performance and other matters that are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and should not be relied upon as predictions of future events. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “pro forma,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative or other variations of those terms or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. In particular, some of these forward-looking statements deal with expected effects of domestic and foreign government environmental regulations, First Nation claims, projected capital expenditures, projected environmental remediation expenditures, future certification of forestry practices, future performance of Weyerhaeuser’s business segments, future pension income, future pension contributions, health care plans, the effect of pending litigation on our financial position, liquidity or results of operations, closure of facilities, projected debt reduction and future debt-to-capital ratios, future commitments under operating leases, and similar matters. The accuracy of these forward-looking statements is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to:

      Weyerhaeuser is also a large exporter and operates in a number of countries and Weyerhaeuser is affected by changes in economic activity in Europe and Asia, particularly Japan, and by changes in currency exchange rates, particularly the relative value of the U.S. dollar to the Canadian dollar and the Euro, plus restrictions on international trade or tariffs imposed on imports, including the countervailing and anti-dumping duties imposed on Weyerhaeuser softwood lumber shipments from Canada to the United States. These and other factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from these forward-looking statements are discussed in greater detail in the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

      Weyerhaeuser Company was incorporated in the state of Washington in January 1900 as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. We are principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber and

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      In this prospectus, references to “Weyerhaeuser,” “we,” “our” and “us” mean Weyerhaeuser Company excluding, unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise expressly stated, its subsidiaries, except that those terms, when used under the sections captioned “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements,” include its subsidiaries.

THE WY TRUSTS

      Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust I and Weyerhaeuser Capital Trust II (each, a “WY Trust,” and, collectively, the “WY Trusts”) each are statutory trusts formed under Delaware law pursuant to (i) a separate Trust Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, a “Trust Agreement”) executed by us, as sponsor of such WY Trusts, and other parties thereto and (ii) the filing of a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. In connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities of any WY trust, we will enter into an amended and restated Trust Agreement with respect to that WY Trust. Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus or the context otherwise requires, the descriptions in this prospectus of some of the terms of the Trust Agreements and the WY Trusts reflect the anticipated provisions of these amended and restated Trust Agreements.

      The following description of some of the terms of the WY Trusts is not complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Trust Agreements and the Trust Preferred Securities. Copies of the forms of Trust Agreements and of the certificates evidencing the Trust Preferred Securities have been and will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and you may obtain copies as described below under “Available Information.”

      Unless an accompanying prospectus supplement provides otherwise, each WY Trust exists for the sole purposes of

      All of the Trust Common Securities of each WY Trust will be owned directly or indirectly by us. The Trust Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Trust Preferred Securities, except that upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the relevant Trust Agreement, the rights of the holders of the Trust Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. We will acquire Trust Common Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to approximately 3% of the total capital of each WY Trust.

      Each WY Trust’s business and affairs will be conducted by the trustees (the “WY Trustees”) of such WY Trust appointed by Weyerhaeuser, as the direct or indirect holder of all its Trust Common Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances, the holder of the Trust Common Securities of each WY Trust will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace any of, or increase or reduce the number of, the WY Trustees of such WY Trust. The duties and obligations of the WY Trustees of each WY Trust will be governed by its Trust Agreement. A majority of the WY Trustees of each WY Trust will be persons who

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USE OF PROCEEDS

      Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to add the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to our general funds and to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures, reduction of our short-term debt or commercial paper presently classified as long-term debt and acquisitions. Pending these applications, we may invest the net proceeds in marketable securities. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the WY Trusts will use all proceeds from the sale of Trust Preferred Securities to purchase our Debt Securities.

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND

      The following table presents the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and of earnings to fixed charges and Preferred Share and Preference Share dividends for Weyerhaeuser Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods indicated.

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

      The Senior Debt Securities are to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of April 1, 1986, as amended and supplemented by a first supplemental indenture dated as of February 15, 1991, a second supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1993, a third supplemental indenture dated as of October 22, 2001 and a fourth supplemental indenture dated as of March 12, 2002, each between Weyerhaeuser Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank), as trustee. We refer to that indenture, as so amended and supplemented, as the “Senior Indenture.” The Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture”) to be entered into by Weyerhaeuser Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, or such other trustee as shall be named in a prospectus supplement. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the “Junior Subordinated Indenture”) to be entered into by Weyerhaeuser Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, or such other trustee as shall be named in a prospectus supplement. We sometimes refer to the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Indenture as, collectively, the “Indentures” and, individually, an “Indenture.” The Indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

      We have summarized selected provisions of the Indentures and the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities below. This summary is not complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of the Indentures and the certificates evidencing the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. Forms of the Indentures and of the certificates evidencing the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities have been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of those exhibits in the manner described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following summary provides some general terms and provisions of the series of the Debt Securities and the related Indenture to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms

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      Capitalized terms that are used in the following summary but not defined have the meanings given to those terms in the respective Indentures.

General

      The Indentures do not limit the amount of Debt Securities that we may issue under the Indentures. The Indentures provide that Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series and may be denominated and payable in foreign currencies or units based on or relating to foreign currencies. The Senior Debt Securities will be our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank on a parity right of payment with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The Subordinated Debt Securities will be our unsecured obligations and will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture). The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be our unsecured obligations and will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our Senior Debt (as defined in the Junior Subordinated Indenture). Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may, without the consent of the holders of any Debt Securities issued under any Indenture, “reopen” a series of Debt Securities issued under that Indenture and issue additional Debt Securities of that series from time to time.

      When we offer a series of Debt Securities, we will describe the specific terms of that series in a prospectus supplement. Those terms may include, where applicable:

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      Debt Securities may also be issued upon the exercise of or in exchange for other Securities.

      Debt Securities may be presented for exchange and registered Debt Securities may be presented for transfer at the places and subject to the restrictions specified in the applicable Indenture and in the applicable prospectus supplement. These services will be provided without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with an exchange or transfer of Debt Securities, but subject to the limitations provided in the applicable Indenture.

      Debt Securities may be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities, bearing either no interest or bearing interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate, to be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount at maturity. Any special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

      Debt Securities may be issued with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors. Holders of those Debt Securities may receive a principal amount on any principal payment date, or a payment of interest on any interest payment date, that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on those dates, depending upon the value on those dates of the applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factor. Information as to the methods for determining the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the amount payable on that date is linked and, if applicable, additional United States federal income tax considerations will be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Global Securities

      The Debt Securities of any series may be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global securities. See “Book-Entry Issuance.”

Certain Covenants with Respect to Senior Debt Securities

      The following restrictions will apply to the Senior Debt Securities of each series unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise. These restrictions will not apply to the Subordinated Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any series unless the applicable prospectus supplement expressly provides otherwise.

      Limitation on Liens. The Senior Indenture states that, unless the terms of any series of Senior Debt Securities provide otherwise, if Weyerhaeuser or any Subsidiary, as defined in the Senior Indenture, issues, assumes or guarantees any indebtedness for money borrowed (“Debt”) secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest or other lien (collectively, a “Mortgage”) on:

Weyerhaeuser must secure or cause that Subsidiary to secure the Senior Debt Securities (together with, if Weyerhaeuser so determines, any other indebtedness of or guaranteed by Weyerhaeuser or that Subsidiary ranking equally with the Senior Debt Securities and then existing or created later) equally and ratably with, or prior to, that Debt. Notwithstanding the restrictions described in the preceding sentence,

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does not exceed 5% of the shareholders’ interest in Weyerhaeuser and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as defined in the Senior Indenture, as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in Weyerhaeuser’s latest annual report to shareholders.

      The term “principal manufacturing plant” does not include any manufacturing plant that in the opinion of the Board of Directors is not a principal manufacturing plant of Weyerhaeuser and its Subsidiaries. The exercise of the Board of Directors’ discretion in determining which plants are “principal manufacturing plants” could have the effect of limiting the application of the limitation on liens.

      The following types of transactions are not deemed to create Debt secured by a Mortgage:

      The limitation on liens covenant will not apply to:

      Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. The Senior Indenture states that, unless the terms of any series of Senior Debt Securities provide otherwise, neither Weyerhaeuser nor any Subsidiary may lease any real property in the United States, except for temporary leases for a term of not more than three years, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by Weyerhaeuser or that Subsidiary to the lessor (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”).

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      This limitation will not apply to any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction if:

Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities

      Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, the following provisions will apply to the Subordinated Debt Securities.

      The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness which may at any time and from time to time be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement with respect to an issue of Subordinated Debt Securities, in the event of any distribution of assets of Weyerhaeuser to creditors upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of Weyerhaeuser, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or other similar proceedings or upon any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of Weyerhaeuser:

      Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness upon any such distribution of assets of Weyerhaeuser, or such payment having been duly provided for, the holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of Weyerhaeuser applicable to Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Subordinated Debt Securities shall be paid in full.

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      By reason of such subordination, in the event of any distribution of assets of Weyerhaeuser upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of Weyerhaeuser:

Furthermore, such subordination may result in a reduction or elimination of payments to the holders of Subordinated Debt Securities.

      The Subordinated Indenture also provides that no payment on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Subordinated Debt Securities (including, without limitation, any repurchases of Subordinated Debt Securities) shall be made if there shall have occurred and be continuing:

      The Subordinated Indenture provides that the subordination provisions thereof will not apply to the Subordinated Debt Securities of any series if Weyerhaeuser has effected defeasance or discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Subordinated Debt Securities of that series as described below under “— Defeasance and Discharge”.

      The Subordinated Indenture does not limit or prohibit the incurrence of Senior Indebtedness by Weyerhaeuser. Senior Indebtedness may include debt securities, indebtedness and other obligations that constitute “Senior Indebtedness” for purposes of (and which are therefore senior in right of payment to) the Subordinated Debt Securities but which are subordinate in right of payment to certain other indebtedness and obligations of Weyerhaeuser. In that regard, Weyerhaeuser may issue other debt securities or incur other indebtedness or obligations which are referred to or designated as “subordinated” securities, indebtedness or obligations but which may constitute Senior Indebtedness for purposes of the Subordinated Indenture.

      If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of Subordinated Debt Securities, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will set forth the approximate amount of Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of a recent date. That prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, applicable to the subordination of those Subordinated Debt Securities, including any changes to the subordination provisions described in this prospectus.

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in each case unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing any such indebtedness, liability or obligation or any such deferral, renewal, extension or refunding or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is expressly provided that such indebtedness, liability or obligation is not senior or prior in right of payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities or ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the Subordinated Debt Securities in right of payment; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness:

      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, none of the Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to the benefit of any covenants restricting Weyerhaeuser or any of its subsidiaries from, among other things, incurring indebtedness secured by mortgages or other liens or entering into sale and leaseback transactions.

Subordination of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities

      Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, the following provisions will apply to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

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      Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt upon any such distribution of assets of Weyerhaeuser, or such payment having been duly provided for, the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of Weyerhaeuser applicable to Senior Debt until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be paid in full.

      By reason of such subordination, in the event of any distribution of assets of Weyerhaeuser upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of Weyerhaeuser:

Furthermore, such subordination may result in a reduction or elimination of payments to the holders of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.

      The Junior Subordinated Indenture also provides that no payment on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities (including, without limitation, any repurchases of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) shall be made if there shall have occurred and be continuing:

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      The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the subordination provisions thereof will not apply to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any series if Weyerhaeuser has effected defeasance or discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of that series as described below under “— Defeasance and Discharge”.

      The Junior Subordinated Indenture does not limit or prohibit the incurrence of Senior Debt by Weyerhaeuser. Senior Debt may include debt securities, indebtedness and other obligations that constitute “Senior Debt” for purposes of (and which are therefore senior in right of payment to) the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities but which are subordinate in right of payment to certain other indebtedness and obligations of Weyerhaeuser. In that regard, Weyerhaeuser may issue other debt securities or incur other indebtedness or obligations which are referred to or designated as “junior subordinated” securities, indebtedness or obligations but which may constitute Senior Debt for purposes of the Junior Subordinated Indenture.

      If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will set forth the approximate amount of Senior Debt outstanding as of a recent date. That prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, applicable to the subordination of those Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, including any changes to the subordination provisions described in this prospectus.

      As defined in the Junior Subordinated Indenture, “Senior Debt” means:

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      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, none of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to the benefit of any covenants restricting us or any of our subsidiaries from, among other things, incurring indebtedness secured by mortgages or other liens or entering into sale or leaseback transactions.

Conversion Rights

      The terms, if any, on which Debt Securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or other securities of Weyerhaeuser will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at the option of Weyerhaeuser, and may include provisions pursuant to which the number of Common Shares or other securities of Weyerhaeuser to be received by the holders of Debt Securities would be subject to adjustment.

Events of Default

      An Event of Default will occur under the applicable Indenture with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued under that Indenture if:

      If an Event of Default due to the failure to pay the principal of, or any premium, interest or sinking fund payment, if any, on, any series of Debt Securities issued under any Indenture or the breach of any other covenant or warranty of Weyerhaeuser applicable to less than all series of Debt Securities issued

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      The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the applicable trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on such trustee, provided that the direction is in accordance with law and the provisions of applicable Indenture and subject to exceptions provided in such Indenture. Before proceeding to exercise any right or power under any Indenture at the direction of a holder or holders, the applicable trustee is entitled to receive from that holder or holders reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with that direction.

      Weyerhaeuser is required to furnish to each trustee annually a statement of two of its officers to the effect that, to their knowledge, Weyerhaeuser is not in default in the performance of the terms of the applicable Indenture or, if they have knowledge that Weyerhaeuser is in default, specifying the default.

      Each Indenture requires the trustee to give to all holders of Debt Securities of any series outstanding under that Indenture notice of any default by Weyerhaeuser with respect to that series, unless that default has been cured or waived. However, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any outstanding Debt Securities of that series, the trustee is entitled to withhold that notice in the event that the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors, trustees or specified officers of the trustee in good faith determine that withholding that notice is in the interest of the holders of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series.

Defeasance and Discharge

      The following defeasance provision will apply to the Debt Securities of each series unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise.

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Any such defeasance with respect to the outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall be effective on the 121st day after the date of the deposit referred to in clause (a) above.

      Each Indenture also provides that if (a) Weyerhaeuser has paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all the outstanding Debt Securities of any series under that Indenture, (b) Weyerhaeuser has delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities of any series issued under that Indenture or (c)(1) all of the Debt Securities of any series issued under that Indenture have become due and payable, or are to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year, and (2) Weyerhaeuser irrevocably deposits in trust cash, or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal will provide cash, sufficient to pay upon maturity or redemption, as the case may be, all Debt Securities of that series, then such Indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the Debt Securities of that series (which we refer to as “discharge”), except specified provisions of that Indenture, such as the right of the Holders of Debt Securities of that series to receive payments of principal and interest, if any, upon the original stated due dates (but not upon acceleration), and obligations to register the transfer of and exchange outstanding Debt Securities of that series and to replace stolen, lost or mutilated certificates.

Modification of the Indentures

      Each Indenture provides that Weyerhaeuser and the applicable trustee may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of any Debt Securities to, among other things:

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      Each Indenture also contains provisions permitting Weyerhaeuser and the applicable trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of all series issued under that Indenture affected, voting as one class, to enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, that Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities of each series issued under that Indenture so affected. However, Weyerhaeuser may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security issued under that Indenture so affected:

      The Subordinated Indenture will provide that no supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the subordination provisions therein or the definition of “Senior Indebtedness” in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt Securities to Senior Indebtedness without the prior written consent of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding. The Junior Subordinated Indenture will provide that no supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the subordination provisions therein or the definition of “Senior Debt” in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to Senior Debt without the prior written consent of the holders of the Senior Debt then outstanding.

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer

      Weyerhaeuser may, without the consent of the trustee or the holders of Debt Securities under any Indenture, consolidate or merge with, or convey, sell or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any other entity, provided that any successor must be an entity organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State and must expressly assume all obligations of Weyerhaeuser under those Debt Securities and that other conditions are met. Following a sale or other conveyance, except by lease, of all or substantially all of Weyerhaeuser’s assets, Weyerhaeuser will be relieved of all obligations under that Indenture and those Debt Securities.

Applicable Law

      The Debt Securities and the Indentures will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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Concerning the Trustee

      JPMorgan Chase Bank is the trustee under the Senior Indenture. In the ordinary course of business, the trustee and its affiliates have provided and may in the future continue to provide investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services to us and our subsidiaries for which they have received and will receive compensation. It is anticipated that JPMorgan Chase Bank will also be the trustee under the Subordinated Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Indenture.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

      The authorized capital stock of Weyerhaeuser Company consists of (i) 400,000,000 common shares having a par value of $1.25 per share (the “Common Shares”), (ii) 7,000,000 preferred shares having a par value of $1.00 per share, issuable in series (the “Preferred Shares”), and (iii) 40,000,000 preference shares having a par value of $1.00 per share, issuable in series (the “Preference Shares”).

      At March 30, 2003, there were outstanding (a) 219,005,988 Common Shares, (b) employee stock options to purchase an aggregate of approximately 13,744,000 Common Shares, (c) 2,302,513 exchangeable shares issued by Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, that are exchangeable for a like number of Common Shares of Weyerhaeuser (see “Description of Common Shares — Exchangeable Shares”), (d) no Preferred Shares, and (e) no Preference Shares other than one share of a series of Preference Shares designated as the Special Voting Shares. See “Description of Preference Shares — Special Voting Shares” below.

Anti-Takeover Effect of Charter and Bylaw Provisions and Washington Law.

      Our Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws and Washington law contain provisions that could delay, deter or prevent a change in control of Weyerhaeuser. These provisions include:

      In addition, Washington law provides that if a person or persons (an “acquiring person”) beneficially acquires ten percent or more of the outstanding voting shares of a target corporation residing in the State

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      These provisions of Washington law and of our restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws may discourage transactions that otherwise could provide for the payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our capital stock and also could limit the price investors are willing to pay for shares of our capital stock.

      The foregoing description of some of the anti-takeover provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws and of Washington law does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and the provisions of applicable Washington law. You may obtain copies of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SHARES

      The following is a description of certain general terms and provisions of our Preferred Shares. This description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and the articles of amendment of such Restated Articles of Incorporation relating to the applicable series of Preferred Shares (the “Articles of Amendment”), which have been or will be filed or incorporated by references as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus at or prior to time issuance of such series of Preferred Shares. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following description provides some general terms and provisions of the Preferred Shares to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms of such Preferred Shares will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Preferred Shares described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described in this prospectus, then those particular terms described in this prospectus will be deemed to have been superseded by the terms described in that prospectus supplement.

General

      Our Restated Articles of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 7,000,000 Preferred Shares having a par value of $1.00 per share. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without action by our shareholders, to approve the issuance of Preferred Shares from time to time in one or more series. Our Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that all Preferred Shares will be identical, except as to the following rights and preferences which may be established by our Board of Directors:

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      Our Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, could authorize the issuance of Preferred Shares with voting, conversion and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of holders of Common Shares, Preference Shares or other series of Preferred Shares or that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of Weyerhaeuser. All Preferred Shares will rank senior to Common Shares with respect to accrued dividends and assets available upon our liquidation. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, all Preferred Shares will rank pari passu with Preference Shares with respect to accrued dividends, and senior to Preference Shares with respect to assets available upon our liquidation. There are currently no Preferred Shares outstanding.

      Reference is made to the prospectus supplement for the following terms of and information relating to the Preferred Shares of any series (to the extent such terms are applicable to such Preferred Shares):

      The holders of Preferred Shares will have no preemptive rights. If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Preferred Shares of any series offered thereby may be convertible into or exchangeable for other securities of Weyerhaeuser. Preferred Shares offered by a prospectus supplement, upon issuance against full payment of the purchase price therefor, will be fully paid and nonassessable. All Preferred Shares shall be of equal rank with each other with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation, regardless of series.

Dividends

      Holders of Preferred Shares of each series will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at the rate, if any, determined by our Board of Directors for such series, and no more. Dividends, if any, on the Preferred Shares of any series shall accrue on a daily basis from such date as may be fixed by our Board of Directors for any series. Unless dividends at the rate, if any, prescribed for each series of Preferred Shares shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment in full on all outstanding Preferred Shares for all past dividend periods and the current dividend period, no dividends shall be declared or paid upon any Common Shares or other class of shares ranking as to dividends subordinate to the Preferred Shares, and no sum or sums shall be set aside for the redemption of Preferred Shares of any series (including any

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Liquidation

      In the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation of Weyerhaeuser, before any distribution of assets shall be made to the holders of any Common Shares or other class of shares ranking as to assets subordinate to the Preferred Shares, the holders of the Preferred Shares of each series shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of Weyerhaeuser available for distribution to its shareholders the sum of the liquidation preference for such series and an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, thereon. If, in the event of such liquidation, the assets of Weyerhaeuser available for distribution to its shareholders shall be insufficient to permit full payment to the holders of the Preferred Shares of each series of the respective amounts to which they are entitled upon such liquidation, then those assets will be distributed ratably among such holders in proportion to such respective amounts. After payment in full of the respective amounts to which the holders of Preferred Shares are entitled upon such liquidation, the holders of Preferred Shares will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by Weyerhaeuser. Neither the consolidation nor merger of Weyerhaeuser with or into any other corporation or corporations, the sale or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of Weyerhaeuser, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into and with Weyerhaeuser, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation.

Voting

      The Preferred Shares of a series will not be entitled to vote, except as provided below or in the applicable prospectus supplement and as required by applicable law. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement relating to a series of Preferred Shares, each series of Preferred Shares will be entitled to one vote (not as a class) on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, we may not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Preferred Shares, amend our Restated Articles of Incorporation for the purpose of, or take any other action to,

      Whenever dividends on the Preferred Shares shall be in arrears in an aggregate amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends thereon, whether or not consecutive, then the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a class, exclusively shall be entitled to elect two additional directors to our Board of Directors beyond the number specified in the bylaws to be elected by all shareholders and beyond the number that may be elected by the holders of the Preference Shares.

      At any time when the holders of the Preferred Shares shall become entitled to elect additional directors as provided in the preceding paragraph, the maximum number of members of our board of directors shall be automatically increased by two directors and the vacancies so created shall be filled only by the vote of holders of Preferred Shares. Those voting rights may be exercised initially either at a special

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Transfer Agent and Registrar

      The Transfer Agent and Registrar for any series of Preferred Shares will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERENCE SHARES

      The following is a description of certain general terms and provisions of our Preference Shares. This description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and the articles of amendment of such Restated Articles of Incorporation relating to the applicable series of Preference Shares (the “Articles of Amendment”), which have been or will be filed or incorporated by references as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus at or prior to time issuance of such series of Preference Shares. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following description provides some general terms and provisions of the Preference Shares to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms of such Preference Shares will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Preference Shares described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described in this prospectus, then those particular terms described in this prospectus will be deemed to have been superseded by the terms described in that prospectus supplement.

General

      Our Restated Articles of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 40,000,000 Preference Shares having a par value of $1.00 per share. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without action by our shareholders, to approve the issuance of Preference Shares from time to time in one or more series. Our Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that all Preference Shares will be identical, except as to the following rights and preferences which may be established by our Board of Directors:

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      Reference is made to the prospectus supplement for the following terms of and information relating to the Preference Shares of any series (to the extent such terms are applicable to such Preference Shares):

      The holders of Preference Shares will have no preemptive rights. If specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Preference Shares of any series offered thereby may be convertible into or exchangeable for other securities of Weyerhaeuser. Preference Shares offered by a prospectus supplement, upon issuance against full payment of the purchase price therefor, will be fully paid and nonassessable. All Preference Shares shall be of equal rank with each other with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation, regardless of series.

Dividends

      Holders of Preference Shares of each series will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at the rate, if any, determined by our Board of Directors for such series, and no more. Dividends, if any, on the Preference Shares of any series shall accrue on a daily basis from such date as may be fixed by our Board of Directors for any series. Unless dividends at the rate, if any, prescribed for each series of Preference Shares shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment in full on all outstanding Preference Shares for all past dividend periods and the current dividend period, no dividends shall be declared or paid upon any Common Shares or other class of shares ranking as to dividends subordinate to the Preference Shares, and no sum or sums shall be set aside for the redemption of Preference Shares of any series (including any sinking fund payment therefor) or for the purchase, redemption (including any sinking fund payment therefor) or other acquisition for value of any class or series of shares ranking as to dividends or

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Liquidation

      In the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation of Weyerhaeuser, before any distribution of assets shall be made to the holders of any Common Shares or other class of shares ranking as to assets subordinate to the Preference Shares, the holders of the Preference Shares of each series shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of Weyerhaeuser available for distribution to its shareholders the sum of the liquidation preference for such series and an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, thereon, but the holders of the Preference Shares will not be entitled to receive the liquidation amount of such shares until the liquidation amount of all Preferred Shares at the time outstanding shall have been paid in full. If, in the event of such liquidation and after full payment of preferential amounts to which the holders of any outstanding Preferred Shares are entitled, the assets of Weyerhaeuser available for distribution to its shareholders shall be insufficient to permit full payment to the holders of Preference Shares of each series of the respective amounts to which they are entitled upon such liquidation, then those assets shall be distributed ratably among such holders in proportion to such respective amounts. After payment in full of the respective amounts to which the holders of the Preference Shares are entitled upon such liquidation, the holders of such Preference Shares shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by Weyerhaeuser. Neither the consolidation nor merger of Weyerhaeuser with or into any other corporation or corporations, the sale or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of Weyerhaeuser, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into and with Weyerhaeuser, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation.

Voting

      The Preference Shares of a series will not be entitled to vote, except as provided below under the caption “Description of Common Shares — Exchangeable Shares” or in the applicable prospectus supplement and as required by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Preference Shares are outstanding, we may not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Preference Shares, amend our Restated Articles of Incorporation for the purpose of, or take any other action to,

      Whenever dividends on the Preference Shares shall be in arrears in an aggregate amount equal to at least six quarterly dividends thereon, whether or not consecutive, then the holders of Preference Shares, voting as a class, shall be exclusively entitled to elect two additional directors to our Board of Directors beyond the number specified in the bylaws to be elected by all shareholders and beyond the number that may be elected by the holders of the Preferred Shares.

      At any time when the holders of the Preference Shares shall become entitled to elect additional directors as provided in the preceding paragraph, the maximum number of members of our board of directors shall be automatically increased by two directors and the vacancies so created shall be filled only by the vote of holders of Preference Shares. Those voting rights may be exercised initially either at a

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Transfer Agent and Registrar

      The Transfer Agent and Registrar for any series of Preference Shares will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Special Voting Share

      Our Board of Directors has designated a series of Preference Shares as “Special Voting Shares.” That series currently consists of one Special Voting Share. See “Description of Common Stock — Exchangeable Shares” for a summary of some of the terms of the Special Voting Share.

DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

      Weyerhaeuser may offer depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”) representing fractional interests in the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares of any series. In connection with the issuance of any Depositary Shares, Weyerhaeuser will enter into a deposit agreement (“Deposit Agreement”) with a bank or trust company, as depositary (with respect to such Deposit Agreement, the “Depositary”), which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Depositary Shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts (“Depositary Receipts”) issued pursuant to the related Deposit Agreement.

      We have summarized selected provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary Shares and Depositary Receipts relating to any series Preferred Shares or Preference Shares, as the case may be, below. This summary is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of such Deposit Agreement and the related Depositary Receipts. Forms of the Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Receipts have been or will be filed or incorporated by references as exhibits to registration statement of which this prospectus is part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following summary provides some general terms of the Deposit Agreement, Depositary Shares and Depositary Receipt to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms of such Deposit Agreement, Depositary Shares and Depositary Receipts will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Deposit Agreement, Depositary Shares or Depositary Receipts described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described in this prospectus, then those particular terms described in this prospectus will deemed to have been superseded by the terms described in that prospectus supplement.

General

      We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares, rather than full shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares. In the event such option is exercised, we will cause the applicable Depositary to issue Depositary Receipts evidencing the related Depositary Shares, each of which will represent a fractional interest (to be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement) of a share of a particular series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares as described below.

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      The shares of any series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by Depositary Shares will be deposited under a separate Deposit Agreement between Weyerhaeuser and the applicable Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company selected by us having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, each holder of a Depositary Receipt will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a share of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by the related Depositary Share, to all the rights and preferences of the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented thereby (including, if applicable and subject to the matters discussed below, dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights).

      Depositary Shares may be issued in respect of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares of any series. Immediately following the issuance of such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares, Weyerhaeuser will deposit such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares, as the case may be, with the relevant Depositary and will cause the Depositary to issue, on behalf of Weyerhaeuser, the related Depositary Receipts.

      Reference is made to the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the Depositary Shares offered thereby for their specific terms, including, where applicable:

      Depositary Receipts may be surrendered for transfer or exchange at any office or agency of the relevant Depositary maintained for that purpose, subject to the terms of the related Deposit Agreement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, Depositary Receipts will be issued in denominations evidencing any whole number of Depositary Shares. No service charge will be made for any permitted transfer or exchange of Depositary Receipts, but Weyerhaeuser or the Depositary may require payment of any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

      Pending the preparation of definitive Depositary Receipts, the Depositary may, upon the written order of Weyerhaeuser, execute and deliver temporary Depositary Receipts which are substantially identical to, and entitle the holders thereof to all the rights pertaining to, the definitive Depositary Receipts. Depositary Receipts will be prepared thereafter without unreasonable delay, and temporary Depositary Receipts will be exchangeable for definitive Depositary Receipts at our expense.

Dividends and other Distributions

      The Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the deposited Preferred Shares or Preference Shares to the record holders of Depositary Receipts relating to such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares in proportion, insofar as possible, to the numbers of such Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date. The Depositary will distribute only such amount, however, as can be distributed without distributing to any holder of Depositary Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributed will be added to and treated as part of the next sum, if any, received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of those Depositary Receipts.

      In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of Depositary Receipts entitled thereto in proportion, insofar as possible, to the number of Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date. If, however, the Depositary determines that it is not feasible to make such distribution, it may, with our approval, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (public or private) of such property and the distribution of the net proceeds from such sale to such holders.

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      The Deposit Agreement may also contain provisions relating to the manner in which any subscription or similar rights offering offered by Weyerhaeuser to holders of the related series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares will be made available to holders of Depositary Receipts.

      The amount distributed in any of the foregoing cases will be reduced by any amount required to be withheld by Weyerhaeuser or the Depositary on account of taxes.

Redemption and Repurchase of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares

      If a series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by Depositary Shares is redeemable and is to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received by the Depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole or in part, of such series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares held by the Depositary. The Depositary Shares will be redeemed by the Depositary at a price per Depositary Share equal to the applicable fraction of the redemption price and any other amounts or property per share payable with respect to the shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares so redeemed. Whenever we redeem shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares held by the Depositary, the Depositary will redeem as of the same date the number of Depositary Shares representing the shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares so redeemed, provided that Weyerhaeuser has paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares to be redeemed plus any other amounts or property payable with respect to the shares to be so redeemed. If fewer than all the Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will be selected by the Depositary by lot or pro rata or by any other equitable method as may be determined by the Depositary. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be redeemed in part only, a new Depositary Receipt will be issued for any Depositary Shares not so redeemed.

      After the date fixed for redemption, the Depositary Shares so called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of the related Depositary Receipts with respect to the Depositary Shares so called for redemption will cease, except the right to receive any monies or other property payable upon redemption upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts to the Depositary.

      Depositary Shares, as such, are not subject to repurchase by us at the option of the holders. Nevertheless, if the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by Depositary Shares are subject to repurchase at the option of the holders, the related Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by the holders thereof to the Depositary with written instructions to the Depositary to instruct us to repurchase the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts at the applicable repurchase price specified in the related prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of such instructions and subject to our having funds legally available therefor, we will repurchase the requisite whole number of shares of such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares from the Depositary, who in turn will repurchase such Depositary Receipts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, holders shall only be entitled to request the repurchase of Depositary Shares representing one or more whole shares of the related Preferred Shares or Preference Shares. The repurchase price per Depositary Share will be equal to the repurchase price and any other amounts or property per share payable with respect to the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Share or Preference Share represented by one Depositary Share. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be repurchased in part only, one or more new Depositary Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to be repurchased.

Withdrawal of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares

      Any holder of Depositary Receipts may, upon surrender of the Depositary Receipts at the applicable office or agency of the Depositary (unless the related Depositary Shares have previously been called for redemption), receive the number of whole shares of the related series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares and any money or other property represented by such Depositary Receipts. Holders of Depositary Receipts making such withdrawals will be entitled to receive whole shares of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares on the basis set forth in the related prospectus supplement, but holders of such whole

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Voting Deposited Preferred Shares and Preference Shares

      Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of any series of deposited Preferred Shares or Preference Shares are entitled to vote, the applicable Depositary will mail the information contained in such notice of meeting to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts relating to such series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares. Each record holder of such Depositary Receipts on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the relevant series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares) will be entitled to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by such Depositary Shares. The Depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the number of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by such Depositary Shares in accordance with such instructions, and we will agree to take all reasonable actions that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to do so. The Depositary will abstain from voting shares of the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares to the extent it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares.

Conversion and Exchange of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares

      If the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by Depositary Shares are exchangeable at our option for other Securities, then, whenever we exercise our option to exchange all or a portion of such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares held by the Depositary, the Depositary will exchange as of the same date a number of such Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares so exchanged, provided we shall have issued and deposited with the Depositary the Securities for which such Preferred Shares or Preference Shares are to be exchanged. The exchange rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange rate per Preferred Share or Preference Share multiplied by the fraction of a Preferred Share or Preference Share represented by one Depositary Share. If less than all of the Depositary Shares are to be exchanged, the Depositary Shares to be exchanged will be selected by the Depositary by lot or pro rata or other equitable method, in each case as may be determined by us. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be exchanged in part only, a new Depositary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to be exchanged.

      Depositary Shares, as such, are not convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holders into other Securities or property. Nevertheless, if the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by Depositary Shares are convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities at the option of the holders, the related Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by holders thereof to the Depositary with written instructions to the Depositary to instruct us to cause conversion or exchange, as the case may be, of the Preferred Shares or Preference Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts into such number or amount of other Securities, in authorized denominations, as specified in the related prospectus supplement. We, upon receipt of such instructions and any amounts payable in respect thereof, will cause the conversion or exchange, as the case may be, and will deliver to the holders such number or amount of other Securities, in authorized denominations (and cash in lieu of any fractional Security). The exchange or conversion rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange or conversion rate per Preferred Share or Preference Share multiplied by the fraction of a Preferred Share or Preference Share represented by one Depositary Share. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be converted or exchanged in part only, a new Depositary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to be converted or exchanged.

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Amendment and Termination of Deposit Agreement

      The form of Depositary Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares and any provision of the Deposit Agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between Weyerhaeuser and the Depositary. However, any amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of the Depositary Receipts issued under any Deposit Agreement or the related Depositary Shares will not be effective unless such amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of such Depositary Shares then outstanding (or such greater proportion as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which such Depositary Shares may be listed). In no event may any such amendment impair the right of any holder of Depositary Receipts, subject to the conditions specified in the Deposit Agreement, to receive the related Preferred Shares or Preference Shares upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts as described above. Every holder of an outstanding Depositary Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective, or any transferee of such holder, shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Depositary Receipt, or by reason of the acquisition thereof, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

The Deposit Agreement automatically terminates if

Charges of Depositary

      We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. We will pay all fees and expenses of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the relevant series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares or arising in connection with the performance of its duties under the Deposit Agreement. Holders of Depositary Receipts will pay all other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges and such other charges or expenses as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be for their accounts.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary

      The Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the Depositary, any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. Such successor Depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal and must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.

Miscellaneous

      The Depositary will forward to the holders of the applicable Depositary Receipts all reports and communications from us which are delivered to the Depositary with respect to the deposited Preferred Shares or Preference Shares.

      Neither the Depositary nor Weyerhaeuser will be liable if it is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstances beyond its control in performing its obligations under the Deposit Agreement. The obligations of Weyerhaeuser and the Depositary under the Deposit Agreement will be limited to performance of their duties thereunder in good faith and without gross negligence and willful misconduct and they will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any Depositary

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON SHARES

      The following is a description of certain general terms and provisions of our Common Shares and our Special Voting Share, the Exchangeable Shares, as defined below, of one of our subsidiaries and the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement referred to below. The following summary is not complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Restated Articles of Incorporation and bylaws, and Appendix 1 to the MacMillan Bloedel Plan of Arrangement and the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement, which have been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

General

      Common Shares offered by a prospectus supplement will be, when issued against full payment of the purchase price therefor, fully paid and nonassessable. Our Common Shares do not carry any preemptive rights enabling a holder to subscribe for or receive any additional securities that we may issue from time to time. The rights of holders of Common Shares may be adversely affected by the rights of holders of any Preferred Shares and any Preference Shares that may be issued and outstanding from time to time. Our Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, could authorize the issuance of Preferred Shares and Preference Shares with voting, conversion and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of holders of Common Shares and that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of Weyerhaeuser. Our Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, also could authorize the issuance of additional Common Shares from time to time. No conversion rights, redemption rights or sinking fund provisions are applicable to our Common Shares.

Dividends

      The holders of our Common Shares are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available for distribution and remaining after full cumulative dividends upon all Preferred Shares and Preference Shares then outstanding have been paid or set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period.

Liquidation Rights

      Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation of Weyerhaeuser, the holders of our Common Shares will be entitled to receive ratably, after payment of or provision for all of our debts and liabilities and of all sums to which holders of any Preferred Shares or Preference Shares may be entitled, all of the remaining assets of Weyerhaeuser. There is currently one Special Voting Share outstanding, which is a series of our Preference Shares. Although the Special Voting Share ranks senior to our Common Shares, the holder of the Special Voting Share is not entitled to receive dividends and the liquidation preference of the Special Voting Share is $1.00.

Voting Rights

      The holders of Common Shares and the holder of the outstanding Special Voting Share currently possess exclusive voting rights on all matters submitted to our shareholders. Our Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that except as otherwise provided therein or by applicable law, the holders of our Common Shares and the holder of our Special Voting Share shall vote together as one class for the election of our directors and on all other matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders. See

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Exchangeable Shares

      In connection with Weyerhaeuser’s acquisition of MacMillan Bloedel in 1999, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, issued 13,565,802 exchangeable shares (the “Exchangeable Shares”) to common shareholders of MacMillan Bloedel as part of the purchase price of MacMillan Bloedel. No additional Exchangeable Shares have been issued. As of March 30, 2003, 2,302,513 Exchangeable Shares were outstanding.

      The rights of holders of Exchangeable Shares, including exchange rights, are described in Appendix 1 to Weyerhaeuser’s Plan of Arrangement with MacMillan Bloedel dated June 20, 1999. The Exchangeable Shares are, as nearly as practicable, the economic equivalent of our Common Shares. They have the following rights:

      In connection with the original issuance of the Exchangeable Shares, we issued one Special Voting Share to CIBC Mellon Trust Company for the benefit of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares. The purpose of the Special Voting Share is to enable the holder of each Exchangeable Share to exercise substantially the same voting rights as the holder of one of our Common Shares.

      Under our Restated Articles of Incorporation, the holder of the Special Voting Share is entitled to vote on each matter on which holders of our Common Shares or stockholders generally are entitled to vote, and is entitled to cast on each such matter a number of votes equal to the number of Exchangeable Shares then outstanding (a) that are not owned by Weyerhaeuser or its affiliates and (b) as to which the holder of the Special Voting Share has timely received, as determined pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement referred to below, voting instructions from the holders of such Exchangeable Shares. Except as otherwise provided in our Restated Articles of Incorporation or by applicable law, the holder of the Special Voting Share and the holders of our Common Shares vote together as one class for the election of our directors and on all other matters submitted to a vote or our stockholders.

      The Special Voting Share ranks senior to all Common Shares and junior to any other series of Preferred Shares or Preference Shares. In the event of any liquidation of Weyerhaeuser, the holder of the Special Voting Share will be entitled to receive, prior to any distributions to holders of Common Shares, $1.00 out of the assets of Weyerhaeuser available for distribution to its shareholders. No dividends are payable on the Special Voting Share. The Special Voting Share was issued to a CIBC Mellon Trust Company under a Voting and Exchange Trust Agreement between Weyerhaeuser, Weyerhaeuser Company

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      The Exchangeable Shares, may be redeemed on the earlier to occur of:

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

      We may issue Warrants, including Warrants to purchase Debt Securities (“Debt Warrants”), as well as Warrants to purchase other Securities. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any Securities and may be attached to or separate from such Securities. The Warrants are to be issued under warrant agreements (each a “Warrant Agreement”) to be entered into between Weyerhaeuser and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), all as shall be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to Warrants being offered pursuant thereto.

      The following is a description of certain general terms and provisions of the Warrants and the related Warrant Agreement to which any prospectus supplement may relate. This description is not complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of the applicable Warrant Agreement and the certificates evidencing such Warrants. Forms of the Warrant Agreement and the certificates evidencing the related Warrants have been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following description sets forth general terms and provisions of the Warrants and the related Warrant Agreement to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Certain other specific terms of those Warrants and the related Warrant Agreement will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any terms of the Warrants or the related Warrant Agreement described in a prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described below, then such terms described below shall be deemed to have been superseded by that prospectus supplement.

Debt Warrants

      The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of Debt Warrants offered thereby, including the following:

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Other Warrants

      We may issue Warrants to purchase Securities other than Debt Securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any such Warrants, including the following:

Exercise of Warrants

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      Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the Warrants offered thereby. Upon receipt of payment of the exercise price and the certificate representing the Warrant properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the Securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the Warrants represented by such certificate are exercised, a new certificate will be issued for the remaining Warrants.

No Rights as Holders of Securities

      Prior to the exercise of their Warrants, holders of Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the Debt Securities or other Securities purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to receive any payments (including, without limitation, any payments of principal, interest, dividends or other distributions, as the case may be) on the Securities purchasable upon such exercise.

Transfer and Exchange

      Warrants may be surrendered for transfer or exchange for new Warrants of authorized denominations at any office or agency of the relevant Warrant Agent maintained for that purpose, subject to the terms of the related Warrant Agreement. No service charge will be made for any permitted transfer or exchange of Warrants, but Weyerhaeuser or the Warrant Agent may require payment of any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Denominations

      Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, Warrants will be issued in denominations evidencing any whole number of Warrants.

DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES

      We have summarized below selected provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the related Trust Agreement to which any prospectus supplement may relate. This summary is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of such Trust Agreement and the certificates evidencing such Trust Preferred Securities. Forms of the Trust Agreement and the certificates evidencing the Trust Preferred Securities have been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as exhibits to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of those exhibits as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following summary provides some general terms of the Trust Preferred Securities and related Trust Agreement to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms of such Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Agreement shall be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or Trust Agreement described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described in this prospectus, then those particular terms described in this prospectus will be deemed to have been superseded by the terms described in that prospectus supplement.

General

      The Trust Preferred Securities of each WY Trust will be issued under the Trust Agreement for such WY Trust. The Trust Agreement will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

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      The Trust Agreement of each WY Trust authorizes the Regular Trustees to issue on behalf of each WY Trust one series of Trust Preferred Securities and one series of Trust Common Securities containing the terms described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The Trust Preferred Securities will be issued to the public pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and the Trust Common Securities will be issued directly or indirectly to us. The proceeds from the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Trust Common Securities will be used by each WY Trust to purchase Debt Securities from us in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of those Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities. The Debt Securities will be held in trust by the Property Trustee for the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities of such WY Trust.

      All Trust Preferred Securities offered hereby will be guaranteed by Weyerhaeuser to the extent and in the manner described below under “Description of Trust Guarantees,” but only if and to the extent that the related WY Trust holds funds available for the purpose of making a payment on the Trust Preferred Securities and has not made such payment. See “Description of Trust Guarantees.”

      The assets of each WY Trust available for distribution to the holders of such WY Trust’s Trust Preferred Securities will be limited to payments received from us under the corresponding Debt Securities. If we fail to make a payment on the corresponding Debt Securities, the Property Trustee will not have sufficient funds to make related payments, including distributions, on the Trust Preferred Securities.

      The Trust Preferred Securities will have the terms set forth in the applicable Trust Agreement or made part of the Trust Agreement by the Trust Indenture Act or the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The terms of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any WY Trust will generally mirror the terms of the Debt Securities held by that WY Trust. Specific terms relating to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any WY Trust will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including:

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      Certain United States Federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment in Trust Preferred Securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating thereto.

      In connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities, each WY Trust will also issue one series of Trust Common Securities. Each Trust Agreement will authorize the Regular Trustees of a WY Trust to issue on behalf of such WY Trust one series of Trust Common Securities having such terms, including distribution, conversion, redemption, voting, liquidation rights or such restrictions as shall be set forth therein. Except as otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement relating to the Trust Preferred Securities, the terms of the Trust Common Securities issued by such WY Trust will be substantially identical to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by such WY Trust, and the Trust Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata with, the Trust Preferred Securities of such WY Trust, except that, if an event of default under the Trust Agreement of such WY Trust occurs and is continuing, the rights of the holders of the Trust Common Securities of such WY Trust to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of such WY Trust. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Trust Common Securities will also carry the right to vote and appoint, remove or replace any of the WY Trustees of the related WY Trust. All of the Trust Common Securities of each WY Trust will be directly or indirectly owned by us.

Mandatory Redemption

      If any Debt Securities held by the Property Trustee of any WY Trust are repaid or redeemed in whole or in part, whether at maturity or upon earlier redemption, the Property Trustee will use the proceeds from this repayment or redemption to redeem concurrently Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities of such WY Trust having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities so repaid or redeemed at the applicable redemption price, together with accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon; provided that, except in the case of repayment upon maturity of those Debt Securities, holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Trust Common Securities shall be given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior written notice of such redemption.

      If less than all of any corresponding Debt Securities are to be repaid or redeemed on a date of repayment or redemption, then the proceeds from the repayment or redemption shall be allocated, pro rata, to the redemption of the related Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities.

Distribution of Corresponding Debt Securities

      We may at any time terminate any WY Trust and, after satisfaction of the liabilities of creditors of the WY Trust as provided by applicable law, cause the Debt Securities relating to the Trust Preferred Securities and the Trust Common Securities issued by the WY Trust to be distributed to the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities in liquidation of the WY Trust.

Subordination of Trust Common Securities

      Payment of distributions on, and the redemption price of, each WY Trust’s Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities will be made pro rata based on the liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities. However, if an event of default under the Trust Agreement of any WY Trust shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment may be made on any of that WY Trust’s Trust Common Securities or on account of the redemption, repayment or other acquisition of such Trust Common Securities, unless payment of all unpaid amounts on each of the WY Trust’s outstanding Trust Preferred Securities shall have been made or provided for in full.

      If an event of default under the Trust Agreement of any WY Trust has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee will act solely on behalf of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of that WY Trust and not on our behalf as the direct or indirect holder of the Trust Common Securities, and only the holders of those Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.

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Liquidation and Distribution upon Dissolution

      Each Trust Agreement states that each WY Trust shall be dissolved upon the expiration of the term of the WY Trust and shall also be dissolved on the first to occur of:

      If dissolution of a WY Trust occurs other than in the case of redemption or conversion of all of its outstanding Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities, then, after such WY Trust satisfies, whether by payment or provision for payment, all amounts owed to its creditors, the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities will be entitled to receive either:

Trust Event of Default

      An event of default under the applicable Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities held by the Property Trustee of a WY Trust constitutes an event of default under the Trust Agreement of such WY Trust. For more information on events of default under the Indentures, see “Description of Debt Securities — Events of Default”. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the applicable Trust Agreement, either (a) the Property Trustee, as the sole holder of Debt Securities, will have the right under the applicable Indenture to declare the principal of the Debt Securities due and payable, or (b) if the event of default under the applicable Indenture is due to the breach of certain covenants or warranties of Weyerhaeuser applicable to all series of Debt Securities issued under that Indenture or to specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Weyerhaeuser, the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities then outstanding under such Indenture (including the Debt Securities held by the Property Trustee), treated as one class, will have the right under that Indenture to declare the principal amount of all Debt Securities outstanding under that Indenture (including such Debt Securities held by the Property Trustee) due and payable. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Trust Agreement of any WY Trust will not provide for any other events of default.

      Subject to certain notice and time requirements, if the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the applicable Debt Securities, any holder of applicable Trust Preferred Securities may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, institute a legal proceeding against us to enforce the Property Trustee’s rights under the Debt Securities and the applicable Indenture without first instituting legal proceedings against the Property Trustee or any other person. In addition, if an event of default under the applicable Trust Agreement is due to our failure to pay interest or principal on the Debt Securities when due, then a registered holder of Trust Preferred Securities may institute a direct action on or after the due date directly against us for enforcement of payment to that holder of the principal of or interest on the Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the total liquidation amount of that holder’s Trust Preferred Securities. In connection with that direct action, we will remain obligated to pay the principal and interest on those Debt Securities and will be subrogated to the rights of that holder of Trust Preferred Securities under the applicable Trust Agreement to the extent of any payment made by us to that holder of Trust

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      Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the holder of the Trust Common Securities will be deemed to have waived an event of default under the Trust Agreement regarding the Trust Common Securities until all events of default under the Trust Agreement have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all events of default under the Trust Agreement have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will act solely on behalf of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and only the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the enforcement actions of the Property Trustee.

Removal of Trustees

      Unless an event of default under a Trust Agreement has occurred and is continuing, only Weyerhaeuser, as the direct or indirect owner of the Trust Common Securities, can remove and replace any WY Trustee at any time. If an event of default under a Trust Agreement has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be removed or replaced by the holders of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. Weyerhaeuser, as the direct or indirect owner of the Trust Common Securities is the only one that has the right to remove or replace the Regular Trustees. No resignation or removal of any of the WY Trustees and no appointment of a successor WY Trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor WY Trustee as described in the applicable Trust Agreement.

Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the WY Trusts

      A WY Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate or amalgamate with, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other entity (a “merger event”), except as described below. A WY Trust may, with the consent of a majority of its Regular Trustees and without the consent of the holders of its Trust Preferred Securities or the other WY Trustees, merge with or into, consolidate or amalgamate with, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another trust, provided that:

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      In addition, unless all holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities of a WY Trust approve otherwise, a WY Trust shall not merge with or into, consolidate or amalgamate with, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other entity, or permit any other entity to merge with or into, consolidate or amalgamate with, or replace it, if the transaction would cause the WY Trust or the successor entity to be classified other than as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

Voting Rights; Amendment of Each Trust Agreement

      The holders of Trust Preferred Securities have no voting rights except as discussed under “— Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the WY Trusts” and “Description of the Trust Guarantees — Amendment,” and as otherwise required by law and the applicable Trust Agreement.

      A Trust Agreement may be amended if approved by a majority of the Regular Trustees of the applicable WY Trust, and, if Trust Preferred Securities are outstanding under such Trust Agreement, with (i) the consent of the holders representing not less than a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities outstanding under such Trust Agreement and (ii) receipt by the WY Trustees of an opinion of counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the WY Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect that WY Trust’s status as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or that WY Trust’s exemption from registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. However, if any proposed amendment would, or the Regular Trustees otherwise propose to:

then the holders of the Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities of that WY Trust as a single class will be entitled to vote on the amendment or proposal. In that case, the amendment or proposal will be effective only if approved by each holder of the Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities affected by the amendment or proposal.

      No amendment may be made to a Trust Agreement of any WY Trust if the amendment would:

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      The holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of each WY Trust have the right to:

      However, if the applicable Indenture requires the consent of the holders of more than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the applicable Debt Securities (a “super-majority”), then the Property Trustee must get approval of the holders of a super-majority in liquidation amount of the applicable Trust Preferred Securities.

      In addition, before taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee must obtain an opinion of counsel stating that, as a result of the action, the applicable WY Trust will not fail to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.

Global Securities

      The Trust Preferred Securities may be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global securities. See “Book-Entry Issuance.”

Registrar and Transfer Agent

      Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Property Trustee will act as registrar and transfer agent for the Trust Preferred Securities.

Concerning the Trustee

      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be the Property Trustee under the Trust Agreements and Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association will be the Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreements. In the ordinary course of business, the Property Trustee and affiliates of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee have provided and may in the future continue to provide investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services to us and our subsidiaries for which they have received and will receive compensation.

Expenses of the WY Trusts

      Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, pursuant to the applicable Indenture or a supplement thereto, or an officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to that Indenture, Weyerhaeuser will agree to pay all of the costs, expenses or liabilities of the applicable WY Trust, other than obligations of the WY Trust to pay to the holders of any Trust Preferred Securities or Trust Common Securities the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or Trust Common Securities.

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DESCRIPTION OF TRUST GUARANTEES

      In connection with the issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities by any WY Trust, we will enter into a Trust Guarantee for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities of such WY Trust. The Trust Guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, JPMorgan Chase Bank will act as trustee under each Trust Guarantee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.

      We have summarized selected provisions of the Trust Guarantee relating to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by each WY Trust below. This summary is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of such Trust Guarantee. The form of Trust Guarantee has been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as an exhibit to documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of that exhibit as described under “Available Information” in this prospectus.

      The following summary provides some general terms of the Trust Guarantee to which any prospectus supplement may relate. Other specific terms of such Trust Guarantee may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Trust Guarantee described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described in this prospectus, then those particular terms described in this prospectus will be deemed to have been superseded by the terms described in that prospectus supplement.

General

      We will irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to the extent set forth in the Trust Guarantee entered into for the benefit of the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any WY Trust, to pay in full, to the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities, the Trust Guarantee Payments (as defined below) (except to the extent paid by such WY Trust), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim which such WY Trust may have or assert. The following payments with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any WY Trust, to the extent not paid by such WY Trust (the “Trust Guarantee Payments”), will be subject to the Trust Guarantee thereof (without duplication):

      Our obligation to make a Trust Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by us to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities or by our causing the applicable WY Trust to pay such amounts to such holders.

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      If the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any WY Trust are convertible into or exchangeable for other securities, we will also irrevocably agree in the applicable Trust Guarantee to cause such WY Trust to deliver to holders of those Trust Preferred Securities those other securities in accordance with the applicable exchange or conversion provisions.

      No single document executed by us in connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities will provide for our full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of those Trust Preferred Securities. It is only the combined operation of our obligations under the applicable Indenture, Debt Securities, Trust Guarantee and Trust Agreement that will have the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of a WY Trust’s obligations under its Trust Preferred Securities.

      We will also separately guarantee the obligations of each WY Trust with respect to its Trust Common Securities to the same extent as the Trust Guarantee Payments, except that, upon an event of default under the related Trust Agreement, holders of the applicable Trust Preferred Securities shall have priority over holders of the applicable Trust Common Securities with respect to distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption or otherwise.

Ranking of the Trust Guarantees

      Each Trust Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of Weyerhaeuser and will rank as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. None of the Trust Guarantees will place a limit on the amount of additional indebtedness, including Senior Indebtedness and Senior Debt, that we may incur.

      Each Trust Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This means that the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce its rights under the Trust Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity. Each Trust Guarantee will be held by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable WY Trust. The Property Trustee will have the right to enforce the Trust Guarantee on behalf of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable WY Trust.

Amendment

      Except with respect to any changes which do not adversely affect the rights of holders of Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable WY Trust (in which case no consent of the holders will be required), a Trust Guarantee may be changed only with the prior approval of the holders of not less than a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities of such WY Trust. All guarantees and agreements contained in the Trust Guarantees shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of Weyerhaeuser and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the related Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding.

Events of Default

      An event of default under a Trust Guarantee will occur upon (a) a failure by Weyerhaeuser to make any of its required payments or perform any of its other obligations under that Trust Guarantee or (b) if applicable, Weyerhaeuser’s failure to deliver Common Shares or other applicable securities upon an appropriate election by the holder or holders of Trust Preferred Securities to convert or exchange those Trust Preferred Securities into Common Shares or other securities, as the case may be.

      The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable WY Trust will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available in respect of the applicable Trust Guarantee, including the giving of directions to the Property Trustee. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce a Trust

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      Termination of the Trust Guarantees.

      Each Trust Guarantee will terminate:

      Each Trust Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Trust Preferred Securities issued by the applicable WY Trust must repay any sums paid under such Trust Preferred Securities or such Trust Guarantee.

      Governing Law.

      Each Trust Guarantee will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Information Concerning the Guarantee Trustee

      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, JPMorgan Chase Bank will be the trustee under the Trust Guarantees, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. See “Description of Trust Preferred Securities — Concerning the Trustee” for information concerning services provided to us by JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates.

      The trustee under each Trust Guarantee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a default by us thereunder, will undertake to perform only the duties that are specifically set forth in that Trust Guarantee and, during the continuance of such a default, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to the foregoing, the trustee under any Trust Guarantee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Trust Guarantee at the request of any holder of the applicable Trust Preferred Securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity against costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.

DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS

      We may issue Stock Purchase Contracts, including contracts obligating or entitling holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to holders, a specified number of shares of Common Shares at a future date or dates. The consideration per Common Share may be fixed at the time the Stock Purchase Contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula in the Stock Purchase Contracts. We may issue the Stock Purchase Contracts separately or as a part of Stock Purchase Units consisting of a Stock Purchase Contract and shares of our Preferred Shares or Preference Shares, our Debt Securities, debt obligations of third parties (including U.S. Treasury securities), Trust Preferred Securities of a WY Trust, any other security described in the applicable prospectus supplement, or any combination of the foregoing, which may secure the holders’ obligations to purchase the Common Shares under the Stock Purchase Contracts. The Stock Purchase Contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of Stock Purchase Units or vice versa. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The Stock Purchase Contracts may require holders to secure their obligations in a specified manner, and in certain circumstances, we may deliver newly issued prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts,

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BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE

      The Debt Securities, Trust Preferred Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units offered by any prospectus supplement may be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global securities, which we sometimes refer to as “Global Securities”. Global Securities will be deposited with or on behalf of a depositary, which we sometimes refer to as the “depositary,” identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and will be registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee. Unless and until it is exchanged for Securities in definitive certificated form under the limited circumstances described below or in any other circumstances that may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or by the depositary or its nominee to a successor of the depositary or a nominee of the successor.

      Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” will act as depositary for any Global Securities. The descriptions of the operations and procedures of DTC set forth below are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of DTC and are subject to change by DTC from time to time. We take no responsibility for these operations or procedures, and investors are urged to contact DTC directly to discuss these matters.

      DTC has advised us that DTC is:

      DTC was created to hold securities for its participants (collectively, the “participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between participants through electronic book-entry changes to the accounts of its participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical transfer and delivery of certificates. DTC participants include securities brokers and dealers, which may include one or more of the underwriters, agents or dealers involved in the distribution of the applicable Securities, banks and trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Indirect access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies (collectively, “indirect participants”) that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. Investors who are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through participants or indirect participants. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

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      To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Global Securities deposited with DTC will be registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. will not change the beneficial ownership of the Securities. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the Securities. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts the Securities are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. DTC’s participants are responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

      Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any legal requirements in effect from time to time.

      Redemption notices will be sent to DTC or its nominee. If less than all of the applicable Securities are being redeemed, DTC will determine the amount of the interest of each direct participant in the applicable Securities to be redeemed in accordance with DTC’s procedures. In any case where a vote may be required with respect to the applicable Securities, neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will give consents for or vote those Securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC will mail an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the consent or voting rights of Cede & Co. to those direct participants to whose accounts the applicable Securities are credited on the record date identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy.

      Payments on Global Securities will be made to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit direct participants’ accounts on the relevant payment date unless DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on the payment date. Payments by direct and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name”. Those payments will be the responsibility of participants and not of DTC or us, subject to any legal requirements in effect from time to time. Payment to Cede & Co. is our responsibility, disbursement of payments to direct participants is the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of payments to the beneficial owners is the responsibility of direct and indirect participants.

      Except under the limited circumstances described below or under such other circumstances as may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, purchasers of Debt Securities, Trust Preferred Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units will not be entitled to have those Securities registered in their names and will not receive certificates representing their interests in those Securities. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and its participants to exercise any rights under those Securities and the applicable Indenture, Trust Agreement or other instrument or agreement pursuant to which those Securities were issued.

      The laws of some jurisdictions may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in Global Securities.

      DTC is under no obligation to provide its services as depositary for any Securities and may discontinue providing its service at any time. Neither we nor the trustees or agents, as the case may be, for the applicable Securities will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its direct or indirect participants under the rules and procedures governing DTC.

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      As noted above, beneficial owners of Debt Securities, Trust Preferred Securities, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units generally will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in those Securities. However, if:

we will issue and deliver definitive certificated Securities in exchange for interests in the applicable Global Security. We anticipate that those definitive certificated Securities will be registered in the name or names as the depositary instructs the trustee or transfer agent, as the case may be, for those Securities and that those instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from its participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the applicable Global Securities.

      We obtained the information in this section and elsewhere in this prospectus concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

      The Securities may be sold through underwriters, agents or dealers or directly to purchasers. Securities may offered from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices. Weyerhaeuser and/or each WY Trust may also, from time to time, authorize agents or dealers to offer and sell Securities upon the terms and conditions stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of Securities, underwriters or agents may receive compensation from Weyerhaeuser or the WY Trusts, as the case may be, in the form of discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Securities for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, an agent will be acting on a reasonable efforts basis and a dealer will purchase Securities as principal and may then resell those Securities at varying prices to be determined by the dealer.

      Any discounts or commissions paid by Weyerhaeuser or any WY Trust to any underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Dealers and agents participating in the distribution of Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of Securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with Weyerhaeuser, to indemnification against and contribution toward specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to reimbursement by us for expenses.

      Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and/or other underwriters named in the applicable prospectus supplement may act as sole or managing underwriter or managing underwriters with respect to an offering of Securities effected through underwriters. Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement relating to an offering of Securities are deemed to be underwriters in connection with such Securities and if Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche

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      In order to facilitate the offering of the Securities offered by any prospectus supplement, underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of those Securities or other securities that may be issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of the Securities or the prices of which may be used to determine payments on the Securities. Specifically, the underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering, creating a short position in the applicable Securities for their own account. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the applicable Securities or of any such other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, those Securities or any such other securities in the open market. Finally, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the applicable Securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed Securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the applicable Securities above independent market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time.

      We may solicit offers to purchase Securities directly from, and we may sell Securities directly to, institutional investors or others. The terms of any of those sales, including the terms of any bidding or auction process, if utilized, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

      If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may authorize agents and underwriters to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Securities from us at the public offering price specified in the applicable prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date stated in that prospectus supplement. Institutions with whom delayed delivery contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and other institutions but in all cases must be approved by us. A delayed delivery contract will not be subject to any conditions except as follows:

A commission indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement will be paid to any underwriters or agents soliciting purchases of Securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts that are accepted by us.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

      Weyerhaeuser is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act and we file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial results and other matters. The reports, proxy statements and other information we file may be inspected and copied at prescribed rates at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and should be available for inspection and copying at the SEC’s regional office located at 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60661. You may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers like us that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s internet site is www.sec.gov. Our SEC filings are also available at the offices of The New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York, the Chicago Stock Exchange, 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, and the Pacific Exchange, 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California.

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      This prospectus constitutes part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we have filed under the Securities Act. As permitted by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus omits some of the information and all of the exhibits included and incorporated by reference in the registration statement and in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may read and copy the information and exhibits omitted from this prospectus but contained or incorporated by reference in the registration statement or in the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in this prospectus at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Illinois.

      Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete, and in each instance we refer you to the copy of the contract or document filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement or to a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement, each of those statements being qualified in all respects by this reference.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

      We have elected to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. By incorporating by reference, we can disclose important information to you by referring to another document we have filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except as described in the following sentence. Any statement in this prospectus or in any document which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to have been modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, any supplement to this prospectus or any document that we subsequently file with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to be a part of this prospectus except as so modified or superseded.

      This prospectus incorporates by reference the following documents that we have previously filed with the SEC:

      We are also incorporating by reference all other reports that we file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of this offering.

      We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered a copy of any of the documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus, other than exhibits unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in those documents. To receive a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than exhibits unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in those documents, call or write to our Director of Investor Relations at Weyerhaeuser Company, P.O. Box 9777, Federal Way, Washington 98063-9777, telephone (253) 924-2058. The information relating to us contained in this prospectus is not complete and should be read together with the information contained in the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the information included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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LEGAL MATTERS

      Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the Securities will be passed upon for us by Lorrie D. Scott, Esq., Senior Legal Counsel of Weyerhaeuser Company. Ms. Scott, in her capacity as set forth above, is paid a salary by Weyerhaeuser, participates in various employee benefit plans offered by Weyerhaeuser and holds options to acquire Weyerhaeuser Common Shares. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, special Delaware counsel for Weyerhaeuser and the WY Trusts, will pass on some legal matters relating to the WY Trusts, including the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, San Francisco, California will act as counsel for any underwriters or agents.

EXPERTS

      The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Weyerhaeuser Company as of December 29, 2002 and for the year then ended, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent accountants, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit reports refer to the audit of the disclosures added to revise the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements to include the transitional disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which was adopted by Weyerhaeuser Company as of December 31, 2001, as more fully described in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, and the audit of the disclosures to revise the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements for changes made to the composition of Weyerhaeuser Company’s reportable segments in 2002, as more fully described in note 22 to the consolidated financial statements. However, KPMG LLP was not engaged to audit, review or apply any procedures to the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements other than with respect to such disclosures.

      The consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ interest and financial statement schedule II — valuation and qualifying accounts for the each of the years in the two-year period ended December 30, 2001 incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent auditors, as indicated in their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated in this prospectus in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.

      We have not been able to obtain, after reasonable efforts, the written consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to its being named in this prospectus as having certified the consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows, shareholders’ interest and financial statement schedule II — valuation and qualifying accounts for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 30, 2001 as required by Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933. Accordingly, you will not be able to sue Arthur Andersen LLP pursuant to Section 11(a)(4) of the Securities Act for false or misleading statements or omissions in this prospectus or the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP incorporated herein and therefore your right of recovery under that Section may be limited as a result of the lack of consent.

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Floating Rate Notes due     

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

SEPTEMBER   , 2007

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers

 

JPMorgan

 

Banc of America Securities LLC