EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Details) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share		1,034,269	2,066,905	1,384,513	2,881,548
Warrants on Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Strike price of warrants		$ 28.11		$ 28.11
Stock options, performance and restricted shares [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share		994,549	374,562	906,582	485,850
Assumed conversion of exchangeable 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	[1]	39,720	1,692,343	477,931	2,395,698

[1] Rayonier did not issue additional shares upon maturity of the Senior Exchangeable Notes due August 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) due to offsetting hedges. ASC 260, Earnings Per Share requires the assumed conversion of the 2015 Notes to be included in dilutive shares if the average stock price for the period exceeds the strike price, while the conversion of the hedges is excluded since they are anti-dilutive. The dilutive effect of the 2015 Notes was included for the portion of the periods presented in which the 2015 Notes were outstanding.