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Timber and Timberlands (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Dec. 07, 2014
acre
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 05, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]          
Long-term Debt, Gross   $ 629,343,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount $ 320,092,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount    
Payments under timber cutting contracts, due in 2015   2,000,000pch_PaymentsUnderTimberCuttingContractsDueNextTwelveMonths      
Payments under timber cutting contracts, due in 2016   2,600,000pch_PaymentsUnderTimberCuttingContractsDueInTwoYears      
Payments under timber cutting contracts, due in 2017   7,300,000pch_PaymentsUnderTimberCuttingContractsDueInThreeYears      
Payments under timber cutting contracts, due in 2018   2,500,000pch_PaymentsUnderTimberCuttingContractsDueInFourYears      
Alabama and Mississippi [Member]          
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]          
Acres aquired through timberland purchase 201,000pch_AcresAquiredThroughTimberlandPurchase
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Payments to Acquire and Develop Real Estate 384,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate
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Term Loans [Member]          
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]          
Long-term Debt, Gross   322,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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12,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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322,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= pch_TermLoansMember
12,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= pch_TermLoansMember
Term Loans [Member] | Alabama and Mississippi [Member]          
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]          
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 310,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= pch_TermLoansMember
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= pch_AlabamaandMississippiMember
    $ 310,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= pch_TermLoansMember
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= pch_AlabamaandMississippiMember