Earnings Per Common Share Schedule of Antidilutive Shares (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	3,113,568		2,057,548		308,421
Stock options, performance and restricted shares
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	224,918		161,786		308,421
Assumed conversion of exchangeable note hedges
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	2,888,650	[1]	1,895,762	[1]	0	[1]

[1] The Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) matured in October 2012; however, no additional shares were issued due to the offsetting exchangeable note hedges (the “hedges”). Similarly, Rayonier will not issue additional shares upon maturity of the Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) due to the offsetting hedges. Accounting Standards Codification 260, Earnings Per Share requires the assumed conversion of the Notes to be included in dilutive shares if the average stock price for the period exceeds the strike prices, while the assumed conversion of the hedges is excluded since they are anti-dilutive. As such, the dilutive effect of the assumed conversion of the Senior Exchangeable Notes was included through the retirement date for the 2012 Notes and the full year for the 2015 Notes. Rayonier will distribute additional shares upon maturity of the warrants if the stock price exceeds the strike prices of $41.41 for the Notes due 2012 and $39.50 for the Notes due 2015. For additional information on the potential dilutive impact of the Senior Exchangeable Notes, warrants and exchangeable note hedges, see Note 11 — Debt.