Lantana camara is an invasive plant species that is bird-dispersed and has spread across South Africa, perhaps because of its allelopathic properties. I examined the dispersal of L. camara under and away from tree canopies in a communal and conserved area near Acornhoek, South Africa as a follow-up study to that of Rodger and Twine (2002). These authors found that L. camara was more common in the communal area than in the conserved area. In the 20 years between studies, herbicide was sprayed in the conserved area to control L. camara. As found in the earlier study, I found more L. camara in the subcanopy than in the intercanopy. There was a large increase in the number of L. camara plants in the conserved area relative to the earlier study, although the individuals were far smaller, and virtually no L. camara in the communal area. I tested the allelopathy hypothesis by examining the suppression of the germination rate of two plant species, Raphanus sativus and Cynodon dactylon seeds in soil collected from under L. camara bushes and in open areas. I found that R. sativus seeds had a higher average germination rate in open-area soils (95%) than in L. camara soils (84%), while the opposite was true for C. dactylon seeds (84% vs. 90%). These results suggest that birds are important dispersers of L. camara seeds and that allelopathic effects vary between plant species. Most concerning was that regrowth in the conserved area has occurred despite herbicide application.