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CFTT23
| SITE: CFTT 23 | Site: Mt Worth West |
| Location: APP species/seedlot trial VRV140 | Aust. Soil Class.: Brown DERMOSOL |
| Great Soil Group: brown podsolic soil | Tech. Class: 051-5-00/4-1-1-32 |
| General Landscape Description: Rolling hills | Site Description: 24 % slope to east, lower slope |
| Geology: Cretaceous sediments | APP Mapping Unit: Balook |
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
| A11 | 0 – 40 cm | Very dark brown (10YR2/2) clay loam; strong fine granular structure; very weak consistence moist; gradual and smooth transition to: | 
Cutting near sites 22 and 23 |
| A12 | 40 – 70 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2) light clay; moderate medium polyhedral structure; very weak consistence moist; gradual and smooth transition to: |
| Subsoil |
| B21 | 70 – 90 cm | Dark brown (10YR4/3); with few, fine, faint dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) mottles; light medium clay; weak consistence moist; diffuse and smooth transition to: |
| B22 | 90 – 150 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4 - 5/6), with common, coarse, distinct, strong brown (7.5YR5/6) mottles; light medium clay; diffuse and smooth transition to: |
| C | 150 – 170 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6), with many, medium, prominent, light brownish grey (10YR6/2) and reddish brown (5YR4/4) mottles; silty light clay with increasing decomposing sandstone fragments. |
Profile described by: Ian Sargeant and Justin Wong (11/6/99)