title: Crataegus schuettei
text: # Crataegus schuettei
  
  Crataegus schuettei, the royal hawthorn or Schuette's hawthorn, is a species of shrubby tree in the family Rosaceae, native to northeastern North America; from Arkansas and North Carolina north to Ontario and Quebec. It is typically found growing in forest edges and old fields. Its ripe fruit is red.
  
  ## Subtaxa
  
  The following varieties are accepted:
  
  * Crataegus schuettei var. cuneata Kruschke ex J.B.Phipps – Minnesota, Wisconsin
  * Crataegus schuettei var. gigantea Kruschke ex J.B.Phipps – Wisconsin
  * Crataegus schuettei var. schuettei
  