EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Details)	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share	2,270,138		3,807,153		2,343,901		3,410,182
Stock options, performance and restricted shares
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share	101,884		123,217		167,487		261,759
Assumed conversion of exchangable note hedges [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share	2,168,254	[1]	3,683,936	[1]	2,176,414	[1]	3,148,423	[1]

[1] The Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) matured in October 2012 and $31.5 million of the Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) were redeemed by the noteholders in September 2013; however, no additional shares were issued due to offsetting exchangeable note hedges. Similarly, Rayonier will not issue additional shares upon future exchange or maturity of the 2015 Notes due to 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 2012 Notes was included for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. The full dilutive effect of the 2015 Notes was included for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, while only a proportional amount based on the length of time the $31.5 million balance was outstanding before the exchange was included for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.The warrants sold in conjunction with the 2012 Notes began maturing on January 15, 2013 and matured ratably through March 27, 2013. As a result, 2,037,303 shares were issued through the end of the first quarter and 97,918 shares were issued in the first week of April. The dilutive impact of these warrants was calculated based on the length of time they were outstanding before settlement. Rayonier will distribute additional shares upon maturity of the warrants associated with the 2015 Notes if the stock price exceeds $39.24 per share. For further information, see Note 11 — Debt in the 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 16 — Debt of this Form 10-Q